Sr. Database Engineer, SQL Server
The Walt Disney Company4 months ago
Bristol, CT, USA +2 moreSenior
Base Salary
$142k - $199k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and ensure the availability of database infrastructure operating 24/7/365.
- Design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure using software development and automation.
- Set architectural direction for database platforms and projects.
- Analyze, design, and deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
- Plan infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, release cycles, and right-sizing.
- Perform database performance tuning, troubleshooting, administration, backup, restore, recovery, patching, and upgrades.
- Develop automation, tooling, infrastructure-as-code, and configuration management processes for scalability, resiliency, availability, recovery, reliability, and security.
- Provide infrastructure insights through metrics, monitoring, alerting, and status reporting.
- Maintain technical documentation and participate in live event support and an on-call rotation.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and leads and provide guidance to junior team members and cross-functional partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree preferably in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of related experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon RDS for SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Azure SQL MI.
- Fundamental understanding of Microsoft SQL Server database internals and SQL Server backup, restore, and recovery strategies.
- Experience designing and deploying fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
- Experience with database availability monitoring, status reporting, disaster recovery planning, SQL Server patching, and upgrades.
- Intermediate to advanced expertise in one or more of Python, Java, or Go.
- Experience with Windows, networking, containers, and source control tools such as Git, GitLab, or GitHub.
- Preferred experience with database reliability engineering or systems reliability engineering roles and production systems in Azure and AWS.
- Preferred experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, SQL Server Always On availability groups, and production lifecycle, testing, integration, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to work with little coaching or guidance and communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
Benefits
- Full-time role requiring four days per week in person at a designated office location.
- The compensation package may include a bonus and/or long-term incentive units in addition to medical, financial, and other benefits.
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is a diversified entertainment business that produces films and television, operates theme parks and resorts, and runs streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. It earns revenue from subscriptions and advertising, theatrical distribution, licensing and merchandise, and park admissions and experiences. Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Burbank, California, Disney owns brands such as Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Studios and serves audiences worldwide.