Senior Database Administrator/ Engineer

$174,499 - $174,499/Yr

Epic Games - Cary, NC

Full-time

Cary, NC

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Database Administrator / Database Engineer will join Epic's Online Infrastructure Team, responsible for managing and optimizing database systems that support online services for over half a billion players globally. This role focuses on operational excellence, performance, and scalability of databases, while collaborating closely with internal development teams to enhance the overall gaming experience.

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on one or more of our database platforms at Epic Games
• Understand the performance and scaling of our databases across multiple microservices
• Develop best practices for one or more of our database platforms at Epic Games
• Provide advice to development teams on data patterns, usage, and implementation
• Develop tools and automations to make our team and customers more efficient
• Mentor and educate the team on your areas of expertise
• Provide troubleshooting and timely resolution of database issues
• Participate in 24x7 on-call incident escalation rotations

Requirements

• Experience at scale with multiple cloud database technologies such as DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc
• Deep knowledge of database architecture and implementation, including expertise in schema design, caching strategies, and ensuring high availability
• Extensive experience in scaling cloud database systems, including proficiency in sharding and data partitioning techniques
• Proven experience with Linux, and cloud computing technologies such as AWS, or other cloud computing environment
• Experience with Terraform and Ansible or other IaC technologies
• History working directly with development teams
• Familiarity with data migration and extraction techniques in a zero downtime environment

Benefits

• Generous benefit plans
• Discretionary incentive programs