Database Reliability Engineer for Large Data Systems

6 days ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Weta Digital Full time

Job Overview

We are seeking a skilled Database Reliability Engineer to join our team at Weta Digital. The successful candidate will play a key role in introducing new processes and procedures to improve the way we administer and make use of our data.

About Us

Weta Digital is a world-leading visual effects company that has been pushing the boundaries of digital filmmaking for over two decades. We have a talented team of artists, technicians, and engineers who work together to create stunning visual effects for film and television productions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Instituting a program of work to upgrade and optimise our core MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Elastic clusters
  • Best practice database administration: provisioning, monitoring, cloning, replication, backups, upgrades, availability, performance monitoring, trouble shooting, recovery, archiving, tuning, query optimisation, upgrade management
  • Developer support, user education, and provision of various development and data-oriented services
  • Platform architecture, project-based work, strategy development, technology research

Required Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • RDBMS administration experience with MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with exposure to large datasets in HA environments
  • Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Kafka or similar adjunct data systems
  • Infrastructure automation skills using Puppet, Ansible, Terraform or similar orchestration tools
  • Proficiency in a common scripting language, such as Python, Ruby, Go, or NodeJS
  • Monitoring systems knowledge, such as Sensu

Benefits

As a Database Reliability Engineer at Weta Digital, you can expect:

  • A competitive salary and benefits package
  • Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
  • The chance to work on exciting and challenging projects with a talented team

How to Apply

If you are a motivated and experienced database administrator looking for a new challenge, please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and qualifications.



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