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My employer, RNK Telecom located in Dedham, Massachusetts, is in search of a qualified database lead with a strong Java background. We have interviewed several candidates from headhunters and found them all lacking. (Shock!)

Here is the actual job description from http://www.rnktel.com/careeropportunities.html.

Principle Database Engineer

Responsible for the design and implementation of a new operations database. This database will contain all customer and operational data for the company and will undergo significant enhancement over time. Key components are information used for billing, customer records, sales order processing, current/historic network information as well as inventory and reordering information.

Skills and Requirements

• 7 - 10 years experience in the design, development, deployment and ongoing maintenance of significant databases implemented in one or more of the following: Oracle, MySql, Informix, or Postgres.
• 6 years hands-on Java experience.
• 2+ years J2EE experience along with a background in c and/or c++.
• Knowledge of IP and telephony network environments and technology is a strong plus.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team composed of people with a wide variety of skills.
• Experience with very large databases, as well as scale, performance and security issues.
• Strong comfort with Solaris and other Unix based systems.

Contact Jon Saperia at jon@rnktel.com. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

For your reference, the IT group at this company is a handful of geeks. Our systems are almost exclusively running FreeBSD and Red Hat with MySQL and the like; we might be persuaded that we need to run Oracle, but it's quite unlikely that a Solaris machine would ever see the light of day here. Feel free to drop me a line or give me a call if you need to hear more.

Jon is my manager; the person who gets this job will work in my group. There's no referral bonus here (as yet); my interest in seeing one of you in this position is limited to my desire to work with people who are not losers.

(Please do not flame me for the technical requirements for the job or the use of the word "Principle." Not my choice, folks.)