Manager, Data services (Database Reliability Engineering)
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10143032 Emplacement New York, New York, États-Unis / Seattle, Washington, États-Unis Entreprise The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date de publication 18/03/2026Résumé du poste:
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.
The Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) team helps elevate SRE practices as it applies to Database Management technology and services at TWDC, promoting and onboarding new technologies, solving complex problems and integrating with next generation digital platforms.
Database Reliability Engineers (DBRE) use a software engineering approach to architect, design, automate, monitor, and build applications at scale. This includes operating and engineering software with close business segment alignment to deliver platforms through efficient, effective and resilient architectures. DBREs are talented engineers that are focused on improving quality through a data driven approach: instrumentation, automation, and functional/unit testing.
The Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) team is a group of highly trained professional database engineers who build, deploy and operate database platforms in an SRE/DevOps manner. This team is responsible for operating the following platforms: SqlServer and DB2 for TWDC. These workloads are mostly running on premises hosting environments as well as in CSP’s. This team manages the data platforms that operate some of the more critical Disney applications and services.
What You’ll Do:
Lead, build, and mentor a high-performing DBRE team supporting mission-critical workloads
Define and drive the DBRE operating model, promoting reliability, automation, and a product mindset
Own database platform strategy across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments
Establish and monitor SLOs, SLAs, observability standards, and incident response processes
Architect and oversee solutions for HA, DR, backup/recovery, capacity planning, and performance optimization
Drive automation-first practices for database provisioning, patching, deployments, and compliance
Ensure compliance with operational standards, security policies, and best practices
Partner with Application Engineering, Cloud DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams
Evaluate and adopt emerging database technologies and tooling aligned to business needs
Lead cost optimization efforts across database platforms and cloud consumption
Provide architectural guidance, technical reviews, and executive-level reporting
Coordinate complex upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives
Represent DBRE in cross-functional leadership forums and stakeholder communications
Manage budgets, vendor relationships, and continuous improvement initiatives
Required Qualifications & Skills:
8+ years of hands-on experience with major RDBMS platforms including:
SqlServer and DB2.Proven experience managing production databases across on-premise and cloud platforms, including AWS RDS, Azure Managed Databases
Experience leading/developing technical teams in fast-paced, matrixed environments
Strong verbal/written communication; executive-level presentations
Familiarity in programming/scripting (Shell, Python, Go, Java, C++, Ruby)
Experience with configuration management/automation (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline integration and database deployment automation to support reliable and scalable database operations
Familiarity with infra-as-code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation)
Multi-cloud/hybrid environment experience; understanding of web app infrastructure
Proven ability to manage and optimize budgets
Nice to Have:
Experience with additional DBMS: Oracle, Postgres and MySQL
Knowledge of Linux & Windows server environments
Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes)
Familiarity with ServiceNow
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400 per year and in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Sur The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):
Chez Disney Corporate, vous verrez comment les secteurs d’activités qui animent les marques puissantes de la société se rassemblent pour former la société de divertissement la plus novatrice, développée et admirée au monde. En tant que membre d’une équipe d’entreprise, vous travaillerez avec les leaders de classe mondiale qui mettent au point les stratégies qui permettent à The Walt Disney Company de rester à la pointe du divertissement. Collaborez avec d’autres penseurs novateurs pour permettre aux meilleurs conteurs de créer des souvenirs pour des millions de familles du monde entier.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.