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Salesforce Inc. seeks Director, Production Support Engineering in McLean, VA:

Job Duties: Build the database-sustaining engineering team by attracting and retaining top talent, working with product, architects, and engineering managers to execute the strategy for the product areas. Oversee and lead the enterprise architecture, design, implementation, and support for Oracle and MongoDB databases. Assist in the development of short-, medium-, and long-term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and envision future improvements to the architecture. Help with planning, define achievements, and lead the team to deliver. Lead a team of highly qualified engineers in their career growth, and foster a culture of innovation and risk-taking, building the team's capability to adapt to new technology and become SMEs through Recruiting top talents. Establish a mature product on database support team at scale. Apply industry-standard engineering and security practices to make the platform secure and resilient. Interact with broader organizations at Salesforce to scale the database platform. Facilitate operational improvements which streamline processes, leverage automation, eliminate inefficiencies, and enable scale. Represent thought leadership in the global support organization. Telecommuting is an option. Some travel to Salesforce offices may be required.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Applied Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline, and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in any occupation in a related field.

A related technical degree required (Applied Computer Science, Engineering (any field)).

Special Skill Requirements: (1) Shell Scripting and Python; (2) OEM Grid Control; (3) Oracle 11g and 12c internals and architecture; (4) Oracle Enterprise Manager; (5) Recovery Manager; (6) Backup Recovery; (7) Oracle Exadata Database Machine; (8) Administration of Real Application Clusters (RAC); (9) Performance Tuning and Query Optimization; and (10) AWS. Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Telecommuting is an option. Some travel to Salesforce offices may be required.

Submit a resume using the apply button on this posting or by email at: onlinejobpostings@salesforce.com at Job# 18-4601. Salesforce is an Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Employer.

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