Manager, Data services (Database Reliability Engineering)
Jetzt bewerben Später bewerben Job ID 10143032 Standort New York City, New York, USA / Seattle, Washington, USA Veröffentlichungsdatum 18/03/2026 Unternehmen The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)Job-Zusammenfassung:
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.
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 Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., das Teil eines Geschäftssegments ist, das wir The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) nennen.
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. bietet als Arbeitgeber Chancengleichheit. Die Beurteilung der Möglichkeit der Beschäftigung von Bewerbern erfolgt unabhängig von ethnischer Zugehörigkeit, Religion, Hautfarbe, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität, Geschlechtsausdruck, nationaler Herkunft, Abstammung, Alter, Familienstand, militärischem Status oder Veteranenstatus, Gesundheitszustand, genetischen Informationen oder einer Behinderung, oder anderer gemäß Bundes-, Landes- oder örtlichem Gesetz verbotener Merkmale. Disney fördert eine Unternehmenskultur, in der Ideen und Entscheidungen aller Personen uns dabei helfen, zu wachsen, innovativ zu sein, die besten Geschichten zu schreiben und in einer sich ständig weiterentwickelnden Welt von Bedeutung zu sein.