Senior SQL Server DBA

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are...

When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role:

You will be working with a global team of professionals to design and develop database systems and to provide guidance to customers on database structures and features. You will create standard procedures to enhance scalability and performance of existing database architecture. You will need to be able to troubleshoot complex database issues in accurate and timely manner. You will need to develop and maintain database disaster recovery procedures to ensure continuous availability and speedy recovery.

Your Role Accountabilities:

• Coordinates DBA activities with the infrastructure team to ensure database servers are built according to customer requirements in a timely manner.

• Participates in New Projects - Defining database strategy, architecture, standards, and procedures to uphold the integrity and security of company data resources.

• Deploying, upgrading, relocating, and decommissioning database servers both on-prem and in the cloud.

• Being part of the team that includes participation in an On-Call rotation to provide our customers 24/7 support.

STRATEGY

• Reviewing the existing database monitoring and backup strategy and come up with a new strategy based on the business requirements.

• Participates in developing and maintaining SQL for monitoring database conditions and activities.

• Participate in identifying, proposing and implementing new and emerging technologies to support ongoing projects and business operations.

ANALYTICS

• Work with the team leads to designing, implementing, and testing high availability and business continuity plans for our Tier 1 applications.

• Creating, reviewing and maintaining database documentation.

• Creating, reviewing and maintaining operational documentation that can be used by our 24/7 operations team and junior database administrators.

Qualifications & Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or information technology.

• 5+ years of experience in implementing, performance tuning, and supporting databases, with a focus on SQL Server.

• Very good experience in database administration in all aspects of the SQL Server platform including clustering, availability group, replication, SSIS, and SSRS.

• Ability and experience with the development of processes and procedures to standardize Database installations and configuration.

• Extensive experience with implementation and maintenance of Disaster Recovery and High availability.

• Ability to work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious.

Preferred experience:

• Experience with other technologies like Oracle, SAP Hana, db2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, snowflake, and databricks will be considered a plus.

• Experience working on databases that are hosted on-prem as well as the AWS or Azure cloud (PASS and SASS implementations).

• Experience automating, scripting, and streamlining processes for efficiency and accuracy utilizing PowerShell scripting and Windows BAT.

How We Get Things Done...

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

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