Comcast - York, PA
posted 3 months ago
As the Senior Database Administrator at FreeWheel, a Comcast company, you will play a critical role in ensuring the availability, performance, and efficiency of our database systems. Your primary focus will be on the FreeWheel Database, where you will engage in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems. This position requires a deep understanding of database management, as you will be responsible for monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning for the database components of FreeWheel platforms. You will work closely with a team that combines software and technology infrastructure expertise, providing subject matter database knowledge and resolving complex database issues as they arise. In this role, you will implement technical solutions aimed at improving the reliability and quality of the FreeWheel platforms' database layer. You will review all database data, schema changes, and application changes that require database access, ensuring that all changes are executed safely and in accordance with our release cadence. Your responsibilities will also include optimizing database parameters for enhanced performance and stability, as well as evolving the database architecture to address high availability, disaster recovery, data consistency, security, and cost analysis. You will be expected to design and enhance monitoring and alert systems from both system and database perspectives, fulfilling on-call duties to meet service level agreements. Additionally, you will develop and implement automation tools to improve operational efficiency and support cybersecurity initiatives, including database patching and vulnerability management. Training and coaching junior team members will also be part of your responsibilities, ensuring that knowledge is shared and best practices are followed across the team.