Database Reliability Engineer
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Who we are
The Workshop is a tech company that develops intuitive software for the online gaming industry. Our motto is to move “Fearlessly Forward” together. Cooperative innovation is at the center of everything we do – from our games, new products and technologies, to how we collaborate and share inspiration with one another.
Within The Workshop, Core Tech is the supporting function that works closely with Engineering and Operations teams and to participate in the decision making process for defining the future of the company. From DevOps to Architecture and Engineering Security, they help in driving the projects to the next level, ensuring that the requirements meet the expectations adding value to the process.
The DevOps group is made of three different teams, among which Database Engineering is, whose mission is to drive improvements, whether they relate to boosting enjoyment of the software or the efficiency of our systems. Working for the teams who make and deliver our software, you’ll make sure everything we do is effective across development and production environments.
As a team of specialists, we provide the tools and time for learning as well as a personal training budget.
What you'll do
- As a Database Reliability Engineer, you will administer our database platforms to ensure they remain online, secure, right-sized and have appropriate HA/DR solutions.
- You will support our development lifecycle through feasibility, design and delivery to ensure the solutions we provide are automated, robust, scalable, maintainable and secure.
- You will promote and collaborate in the creation of solutions to drive automation, environment consistency, continuous delivery with an "everything as code" mentality.
- When appropriate you will lead on complex database tasks such as Information Lifecycle Management, very large table modifications, advanced query tuning and data-migrations
- Use your training budget and work time to keep up to date, and sometimes drive industry data platform trends and technology adoption.
- Collaborate with colleagues, application development teams, and with business stakeholders.
- Cross train peers in database development and administration. They will do the same for you.
- Provide out of hours production support as part of a 24/7 rota.
What you'll bring
- 3+ years experience supporting NoSQL Databases such as Cassandra, ElasticSearch or MongoDB in a business critical Production Environment
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
- Experience using infrastructure as code technologies such as Ansible and Terraform.
- Experience using observability and monitoring frameworks such as ELK, Prometheus/ Grafana/ Datadog
- Experience deploying, running and supporting workloads in both Private (VMWare/ OpenStack) and Public Clouds (GCP/ AWS/ Azure)
- Experience deploying, running and supporting either Windows or Linux OS.
- Experience managing Kubernetes workloads would be nice to have.
What's in it for you
- Inspiring and fulfilling work at an innovative and values-driven company creating cutting-edge tech
- Attractive salary and customizable benefits package
- Flexible working hours and ways of working
- Contemporary and accessible office environments with a range of workplace perks
- Six weeks’ paid leave for every four years of service
- Being part of a team with a forward-looking, international mindset and agile working practices
- A friendly, inclusive and multicultural environment (we are made up of over 35 nationalities, speaking almost 30 languages)
- Wellbeing programmes, learning and personal growth opportunities
- A range of employee events throughout the year, including team building activities, Learning Labs, Hackathons and Designathons
- Opportunities to shape the tech community within and outside of the company, through mentoring and knowledge-sharing
Don't be afraid of applying!
- Don't let the requirements scare you, we are looking for someone with great attitude, easy and fun to work with who is eager to learn and experiment with the latest and greatest tech available. Give us the chance to meet you even if you don't feel you meet all the technical requirements. We have some of the best Sr Engineers in this field ready to mentor you and get you up to speed. We've got your back!
Life at The Workshop
We’re lucky enough to have a home in some of the world’s best tech hubs – Málaga, London, Reading and Auckland. Our Inventors represent 40 different nationalities and speak almost 30 languages. Check out our current vacancies above, but don’t worry if there’s nothing available – we’d love to hear from you anyway.
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