Since founding the photo marketing revolution in 1998, eshots has grown to be the leader in helping Fortune 500 companies capture and convert consumer leads from concerts, major sporting events, auto shows and other live events where brand connect in person with consumers.  Voted one of Chicago’s Top-100 Digital Companies in 2014 and recently recognized as a “Startup to watch” by Built in Chicago, eshots has continued knocking down double-digit growth through major enterprise agreements and direct technical integrations with the world’s most successful companies like Mercedes Benz, Chrysler, State Farm, Ubisoft, Cadillac, ESPN, Harley Davidson, Nike, Keurig and more.  We’re planning for major growth over the next 2-3 years and are recruiting strongly across the board.

What we’re looking for:  We are seeking a talented MySQL DBA / System Administrator with an entrepreneurial spirit to join our expanding team. He/she will provide technical vision and leadership for our database infrastructure as well as help support our Rackspace environment. This role will also play a key role in initiatives for data privacy and data security.

Winning Characteristics:

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and collaborative environment.
• Enjoys new challenges and the opportunity to have a large impact on client deliverables.
• Prior experience in a smaller or fast-growth environment.
• Effective verbal and written communications skills.
• Previous experience with marketing or consumer data a plus.

In this role, you will:

• Monitor and optimize transaction and data warehouse  databases for efficient data delivery.
• Ensure peak performance of all database systems to meet ever-increasing demand for our services.
• Manage data-related technology projects.
• Provide system administration support for Red Hat /CentOS Linux web and application servers.

Technologies you will work with:

• MySQL RDBMS (transactional databases and data warehouse)
• Red Hat/CentOS Linux web and application server experience
• Experience with Rackspace and virtual machine management, a plus
• Pentaho Data Integration (for ETL) and Python scripting experience, a plus

You must have:

• At least 5 years of database experience, including database administration, SQL development, query optimization, and schema design.
• Experience with large scale implementations of open source database servers including MySQL.
• Knowledge of replication, partitioning, sharding, and techniques for high availability.
• Experience designing and implementing Relational, Star and Snowflake schemas.
• Advanced SQL skills.
• At least 5 years experience managing database, web and application servers on Red Hat/CentOS Linux
• Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tools such as Information Builders WebFOCUS or Microstrategy, a definite plus
• Experience evaluating database solutions, including Big Data and NoSQL options, desired
• Experience recommending and implementing architecture changes leading to measurable improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience.

Our Core Values:

• Change: Continuous reinvention.
• Passion: Never give up, never give in.
• Discipline: You can’t manage what you can’t measure.