Senior Database Engineer – Cloud, Automation & Reliability

Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution; Bristol (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution in Bristol, CT is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Database to join the DEEP&T Data Stores squad. You will build and maintain scalable relational database systems across cloud environments, partnering with product and platform teams to deliver reliable data platforms.

You will apply strong expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS, and infrastructure as code to ensure 24/7 availability, observability, and performance, while mentoring juniors and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience with relational database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, and Amazon RDS Aurora.
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience
• Fundamental understanding of database internals for at least one of the above database engines.
• Experience working in Agile software development.
• Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub).
• Intermediate to advanced level of expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services.
• General understanding and experience with Linux operating system, network, and containers.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience designing and deploying fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation.
• Carries out assignments with little coaching or guidance from others.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for building, deploying, and ensuring all DEEP&T database infrastructure is available 24/7/365.
• Leverage software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure.
• Participates in setting the architectural direction for database platforms and projects.
• Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Analyze, design, and deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
• Proactively plan and implement infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing.
• Provide database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting and administration.
• Develop, enhance, and adhere to engineering and administration standards.
• Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security.
• Build infrastructure and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery though infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• Provide relevant insights of data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting.
• Maintain thorough and well-written documentation.
• Participate in live event support and on-call rotation.
• May provide oversight and direction to junior team members.
• Builds relationships with engineering teams and leads.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MySQL

AWS

Python/Java/Go

Linux

Containers

Git/GitHub/GitLab

Terraform

CloudFormation

Disaster recovery planning

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Git

GitLab

GitHub

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Chef

Job description

Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution in Bristol, CT is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Database to join the DEEP&T Data Stores squad. You will build and maintain scalable relational database systems across cloud environments, partnering with product and platform teams to deliver reliable data platforms.

You will apply strong expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS, and infrastructure as code to ensure 24/7 availability, observability, and performance, while mentoring juniors and