Senior Database Administrator - Wellington

We are looking for enthusiastic team players with experience in data engineering big data and database administration to introduce new processes and procedures to improve the way we administer and make use of our data The Infrastructure Services team provides support to the development community at Weta Digital our scope includes tools and support for version control build systems database platform management and developer consulting Role responsibilities include Instituting a program of works 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 change control Developer support user education and provision of various development and dataoriented services Platform architecture projectbased work strategy development technology research This is a significant opportunity to own shape and improve the way Weta Digital manages and uses its data It would suit candidates with a DBA analyst programming SQL report writing or statistics background or other similar prior experience Desirable Skills Experience RDBMS administration MariaDB MySQL and PostgreSQL with exposure to large datasets in HA environments Familiarity with Elasticsearch Kafka or similar adjunct data systems Infrastructure automation using Puppet preferred Ansible Terraform or similar orchestration tools Proficiency in a common scripting language Python preferred Ruby Go and NodeJS acceptable Strong Linux experience Ubuntu Debian preferred Fedora RHEL acceptable Monitoring systems such as Sensu An eye for detail with strong problem solving skills Leadership project management ability to liaise across the organisation Nice to have Source code management experience using Git Continuous integration and automated builds with Gitlab CI or Jenkins Containers and virtualisation using Docker Kubernetes and VMWare Authorisation and authentication services such as AD LDAP Kerberos and OAuth2 OIDC Good understanding of core security practices 2FA PKI etc Service mesh and security infrastructure using Hashicorp Consul and Vault If this sound like you please get in touch we would love to hear from you You can also apply directly here