Monthly Archives: November 2006

Halloween 2007: Pippi & the Vampire

Purely Personal

Rich and I went to a halloween costume party this past weekend. I did something I’ve always wanted to do – put wire in my braids to make them stick out so I can be Pippi Longstocking. My hair is a little long for doing this which made it hard to get through doorways and a little dangerous to walk around the party. Rich was a villanous Vampire.

 

Vermont IT Jobs: Oracle Database Admin at Burton Snowboards

Jobs

Oracle Database Administrator
 
Burton Snowbards is looking for a talented, senior-level Oracle Database administrator to join our fast-paced IT team to manage our enterprise database systems. This position requires a broad set of skills and will be responsible for designing, installing, configuring, documenting, and supporting Oracle databases in an SAP environment.
 
Responsibilities include installing and configuring software, applying patches, disaster recovery processes, backup and recovery procedures, capacity planning, and regular maintenance tasks. Maintaining database availability, including: monitoring, alerting, and proactively maintaining databases to avoid loss of database access and availability. Database performance tuning-including analysis, performance optimization, and memory management. Experience with Oracle-specific backup, refresh, and restore procedures is essential.
 
A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field and a minimum of 3 years of senior level experience managing Oracle databases in an enterprise ERP environment is required. Demonstrated experience with planning, designing, configuring, installing, and troubleshooting Oracle 9i/10g is needed. Preferred candidates will be well-versed in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, UNIX shell scripting, and logical/physical data design and modeling. Familiarity with HP-UX/ Linux file systems and SAN environments is a plus. This position requires strong oral, written and organization skills, excellent time and project management skills, and a strong ability to prioritize tasks.
 
Please apply through our online application system at www.burton.com
Burton Snowboards
80 Industrial Parkway
Burlington, VT 05401
802 862 4500

Going to TechEd Europe or DevConnections? Don’t forget to vote!

Just Rambling

The U.S. elections are Nov 7th. There are two big conferences next week in our community: TechEd Europe in Barcelona, Spain and DevConnections in Las Vegas, Nevada.

If you are leaving home for these events, don’t forget to vote before you go!

In Vermont, absentee voting is allowed for 30 days prior to the elections. I’m not sure how this differs in other states. Here, you can get an absentee ballot in the mail from your town clerk (which needs to be back to the town clerk by Nov 6th, or to the polling place by 7pm on Nov 7th) or just go there and vote. I went to the town office and just sat down and voted there.

It didn’t occur to me to do this until about a week ago even though I’ve known for a long time that I’d be gone. I just hadn’t put two & two together!