I agree with Jared - for an experienced DBA to do this job, with a 12 month contract, you are quite low on the salary range. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 3:54 PM To: tyfaniew@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ORACLE-L Subject: Re: DBA Position available in Oregon On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Tyfanie Wineriter <tyfaniew@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: We have a DBA Opening here at the University of Oregon that we are not getting a great response on. I believe it is because the title is a little strange, but it is a DBA position. ... A quick-and-dirty description of what the job entails: Oracle stretch- RAC system with 3 clusters, max of 4 nodes. Our primary prod database is running Banner, with 6 other miscellaneous prod applications, a total of about 27 databases. The DBA position also does a lot of other non-dba duties, including developer, application troubleshooting, security, hardware/networking and all the things that DBA really means for a smaller IT division in Higher Education. Hi Tyfanie, Being somewhat familiar with the locale, I would say that will be a difficult position to fill for a couple of reasons. 1) the salary is too low for the knowledge and experience you describe. 2) most people looking for this type of position in the Pacific Northwest are more likely to be located in Portland or Seattle. Indeed the reason me and my family are in the Portland area rather than Eugene (where my wife and I both grew up) is the scarcity of similar jobs in that area should the need arise to again find employment. 3) ok, one more reason. Flying out of Eugene to anywhere else is always a bit of a pain. It's often easier to just make the two hour drive to Portland and catch a flight from there. At least, this is one of the considerations we had when relocating back to Oregon. If something happens that I need to accept a position that requires travel, doing so from Portland is much easier than doing so from Portland. Just offering this as an explanation of why you may not be seeing much interest. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com