Data Reliability Engineer

Little Caesars Pizza; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Little Caesars Enterprises Inc. seeks an experienced Database Administrator to provide production and testing DBA support.

You will perform backups, recoveries, reorgs, unload/load, monitoring, and assist with migrations while coordinating with development teams to refresh environments for testing. The role requires five years of experience with NoSQL and relational databases, scripting and automation skills, and Azure cloud expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related degree. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of five (5) years running NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB and Redis) and relational databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server).
• Proven experience with running database workloads on Azure Cloud or similar cloud providers.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Strong expertise in automation, monitoring, and performance engineering of database systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for all database instances, manage changes, and implement automation tools to streamline operations.
• Participate in production readiness reviews to ensure database reliability needs are met, assist in designing redundant systems and disaster recovery policies, and develop methods for integrating and customizing databases to meet specific needs.
• Monitor databases, assist in development and maintenance of monitoring systems, and ensure performance and reliability goals are met.
• Responsible for the performance, integrity, and security of corporate databases.
• Manage and optimize database workloads on Azure Cloud or similar cloud providers.
• Implement, administer, and maintain policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the company databases.
• Assist in writing documentation, establishing procedures and supporting other team members.
• Communicate and monitor compliance with existing practices.
• Maintain knowledge in state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies.
• Ensure communication with internal staff and vendors is timely, professional, and complete.
• Ensure quality data creation, presentation, and data flow within our systems.

Skills

NoSQL databases

Relational databases

Azure Cloud

Scripting

Automation

Monitoring

Documentation

Replication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Azure Monitoring

Job description

Job Summary Primary responsibilities will be to perform DBA support activities for database environments running in production and test environments. This will include performing database Backups, Recovery, Reorgs, Unloads, Load, database monitoring/tuning, supporting production migrations, and debugging application issues. Assist senior database colleagues by working closely with development teams to create and maintain our database environments and perform refreshes of less complex database environments to support application testing. This position will work under moderate to direct supervision and will **escalate** questions to senior staff when necessary.

Job Summary Primary responsibilities will be to perform DBA support activities for database environments running in production and test environments. This will include performing database Backups, Recovery, Reorgs, Unloads, Load, database monitoring/tuning, supporting production migrations, and debugging application issues. Assist senior database colleagues by working closely with development teams to create and maintain our database environments and perform refreshes of less complex database environments to support application testing. This position will work under moderate to direct supervision and will **escalate** questions to senior staff when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for all database instances, manage changes, and implement automation tools to streamline operations.
• Participate in production readiness reviews to ensure database reliability needs are met, assist in designing redundant systems and disaster recovery policies, and develop methods for integrating and customizing databases to meet specific needs.
• Monitor databases, assist in the development and maintenance of monitoring systems, and ensure performance and reliability goals are met.
• Responsible for the performance, integrity, and security of corporate databases.
• Manage and optimize database workloads on Azure Cloud or similar cloud providers.
• Implement, administer, and maintain policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the company databases.
• Assists in writing documentation, establishing procedures and supporting other team members.
• Communicate and monitor compliance with existing practices.
• Maintain knowledge in state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies.
• Ensure communication with internal staff and vendors is timely, professional, and complete.
• Ensure quality data creation, presentation, and data flow within our systems.

Supplemental Job Functions

• Troubleshoots hybrid cloud hosting and application technologies.
• Develops routine reporting of system statistics, status, and health.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related degree with computer classes. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years running NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB and Redis) and relational databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server).
• Proven experience with running database workloads on Azure Cloud or similar cloud providers.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Strong expertise in automation, monitoring, and performance engineering of database systems.
• Familiarity with database monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitoring).
• Strong knowledge of documentation and diagraming skills.
• Evidence of experience with database clustering and replication.
• Solid judgment, analytical and problem solution skills to identify and resolve matters of significance.
• Demonstrated ability to work with various levels of colleagues and public, from top management to new hires.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• QSR experience.
• Linux systems administration experience.
• Ability to learn new technologies or support existing applications quickly and with minimal guidance.
• Thrives on technical challenges and takes pride in solving them.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and doing things differently.
• Relevant certification in the IAM area of expertise.
• Ability to interact with vendor API’s for automation.

Work Conditions

• This is a full-time position that provides support, on a 24 x 7 schedule, for all operational and outage issues relating to the infrastructure supporting stores.
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation performing weekend and after-hours support as needed.
• This position is a hybrid role that can be done working from home or in the office, based on Manager’s discretion. Occasional trips to the office for team events, vendor meetings, or as other needs arise will be necessary.

All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive. They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Little Caesars Enterprises Inc.

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested. This company participates in E-Verify.

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