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Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are
When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats 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:
Our Media Platform Operations team is looking for a highly capable Senior Database Administrator that can operate effectively without day-to-day supervision. You will be creating and implementing standardized database management procedures and overseeing the installation security and upgrading of our database.
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:
OPERATIONS/PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Coordinates DBA activities with the infrastructure team to ensure database servers are built according to customer requirements in a timely manner.
Participate 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.
Participate in developing and maintaining SAP HANA 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:
Bachelors degree in computer science information systems or information technology.
Minimum 5 years of hands-on administration experience from setting up the SAP HANA databases.
Experience with the various database platforms like DB2 MySQL PostgreSQL will be helpful as well.
Experience automating scripting and streamlining processes for efficiency and accuracy utilizing Unix shell scripting Windows BAT Python etc.
Experience with different monitoring tools like DBI DataDog etc.
Some experience with AWS with knowledge of S3 EC2 IAM Security Lambda Networking etc.
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 provide 24/7 support.
Not Required but preferred experience:
Experience with other technologies like Oracle db2 mysql Potgresql 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 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.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit regardless of sex gender identity ethnicity union status age sexual orientation religion or belief marital status pregnancy parenthood disability or any other category protected by law.If youre a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Full-Time