Lead Database Engineer - Oracle

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) is seeking a Lead Database Engineer - Oracle to join their Data Stores team. This role will be responsible for building, deploying, and ensuring all DE&ET database infrastructure is available 24/7/365. The ideal candidate will apply software engineering principles to database engineering and administration to build processes and automation that help deliver infrastructure faster, safer, more consistently, and with the right level of observability required to operate at scale.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leveraging software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure
• Participating in setting the architectural direction for database platforms and projects
• Managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Analyzing, designing, and deploying fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure
• Proactively planning and implementing infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing
• Providing database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting and administration
• Developing automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security
• Building infrastructure and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery through infrastructure as code and configuration management
• Providing relevant insights of data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting
• Maintaining thorough and well-written documentation
• Participating in live event support and on-call rotation
• Providing oversight and direction to junior team members
• Building relationships with engineering teams and leads

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on systems that support many of DE&ET's digital media supply chain and consumer-facing products, contributing to the technological backbone of Disney's media business. This role offers the chance to be at the forefront of innovation, helping to shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Benefits include health insurance & wellbeing programs, childcare options, paid time off, retirement programs, tuition assistance, and weekly pay. Join Disney in reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while transforming Disney's media business for the future.