Manager, Platform Engineering & Database Services
Jetzt bewerben Später bewerben Job ID 10141556 Standort London, Vereinigtes Königreich Veröffentlichungsdatum 19/03/2026 Unternehmen The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)Job-Zusammenfassung:
About the Role & Team
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver solutions that align with business strategy, drive enterprise efficiency, and foster cross‑company innovation. We focus on enhancing consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence. Within this organisation, the International Application Services (IAS) team provides enterprise technology solutions that empower growth and deliver value across brands, geographies, and business units.
Platform Engineering is responsible for ensuring that application deployment platforms are well‑designed, reliable, and aligned to the needs of Corporate International’s business applications. The team drives DevOps practices across IAS, championing automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. Our Database & Insights capability combines robust SQL Server management with meaningful reporting and analytics, ensuring secure, high‑performing data platforms and the insights needed to support data‑driven decision‑making across the business.
Values
You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.
What You Will Do
This role provides leadership for International database administrators and platform engineers within the IAS team. It is accountable for the direction and strategy of Database Services and Platform Engineering, ensuring our platforms remain secure, reliable, scalable, and aligned with business needs across both on‑premise and cloud environments.
In addition to operational excellence, the role will have the opportunity to help grow our Data Insights capability — covering BI reporting, dashboarding and light analytical work. The manager is expected to stay current with developments in database technologies, cloud data platforms, BI tools, and modern engineering practices to deliver continuously improving services and clear, actionable insights for stakeholders.
Job Responsibilities
Provide strategic direction of the database services and platform environments
Responsible for the smooth running and operations of MS SQL Server Infrastructure for over 500 databases across International
Responsible for the smooth running and operations of platforms (on-prem and cloud) for over 25 Corporate Business Applications
Ensure the high availability of all the services and that they remain scalable to support transparent growth
Provide observability across all supported systems and platforms
Ensure all platforms remain fully secure and adhere to GIS compliance and standards
Develop and introduce standards and good practices across all disciplines
Identify areas for automation to increase team efficiency
Maintain a high level of technical expertise by keeping up-to-date with the latest industry changes
Collaborate closely with IT stakeholders in determining workloads and roadmaps
Collaborate closely with business stakeholders in designing and implementation of ETL's and Reports
Manage and mentor team members (based in UK, Argentina and India)
Required Qualifications & Skills
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server - Analysis Services
Microsoft SQL Server - Reporting Services and PowerBI
Microsoft SQL Server - Integration Services
Disaster Recovery & High Availability
Third-Party Monitoring and Observability tools
PowerShell
Git (GitLab)
Azure Experience
CI/CD (GitLab Pipelines and Octopus Deploy)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and Ansible)
AWS Experience
Azure Data Factory
The Perks
25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Über The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):
Bei Disney Corporate erleben Sie, wie die Unternehmen hinter den starken Marken des Konzerns gemeinsam das innovativste, weitreichendste und am meisten bewunderte Entertainment-Unternehmen der Welt schaffen. Als Mitglied eines Konzernteams arbeiten Sie mit Weltklasse-Führungskräften zusammen, die mit innovativen Strategien dafür sorgen, dass The Walt Disney Company ihren Spitzenplatz in der Unterhaltungsbranche behält. Mischen Sie sich unter andere innovative Köpfe und helfen Sie den besten Geschichtenerzählern der Welt, unvergessliche Erinnerungen für Millionen von Familien rund um den Globus zu kreieren.
Über The Walt Disney Company:
Die Walt Disney Company ist zusammen mit ihren Tochtergesellschaften und verbundenen Unternehmen ein führendes, diversifiziertes internationales Familienunterhaltungs- und Medienunternehmen mit folgenden Geschäftsbereichen: Disney Entertainment, ESPN sowie Disney Experiences. Von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen als Zeichentrickfilmstudio in den 1920er Jahren bis zu seiner aktuellen Vorreiterrolle in der Unterhaltungsindustrie trägt Disney stolz sein Erbe weiter und bietet Geschichten und Erlebnisse von Weltklasse, die alle Familienmitglieder bezaubern. Disneys Geschichten, Figuren und Abenteuer erreichen Verbraucher und Gäste aus allen Teilen der Welt. Gemeinsam schaffen unsere Mitarbeiter und Darsteller aus Niederlassungen in über 40 Ländern der Welt Unterhaltungserlebnisse, die sowohl auf globaler Ebene als auch im heimischen Umfeld begeistern.
Diese Position ist bei The Walt Disney Company Limited, das Teil eines Geschäftssegments ist, das wir The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) nennen.
The Walt Disney Company Limited bietet als Arbeitgeber Chancengleichheit. Alter, ethnische Zugehörigkeit, Hautfarbe, Religion oder Weltanschauung, Geschlecht, Nationalität oder Herkunft aus einem bestimmten Land, sexuelle Orientierung, Geschlechtsangleichung, Familienstand, Behinderung, Schwangerschaft oder Mutterschaft von Bewerbern fließen nicht in die Entscheidung über die Vergabe einer Stelle mit ein. Disney fördert eine Unternehmenskultur, in der die Ideen und Entscheidungen aller Mitarbeiter uns helfen, zu wachsen, zu innovieren, die besten Geschichten zu schreiben und in einer sich schnell verändernden Welt wichtig zu sein.