August 23, 2024

Weta Digital

Wellington City

Database Reliability Engineer

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 team provides support to the development community at Wētā FX - our scope includes tools and support for version control, build systems, database platform management and developer consulting.
Role responsibilities include:

Instituting a program of work to upgrade and optimise our core My SQL, Postgre SQL 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 data-oriented services
Platform architecture, project-based work, strategy development, technology research
This is a significant opportunity to help, shape and improve the way Wētā FX 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: Maria DB, My SQL and Postgre SQL 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 Node JS acceptable)
Strong Linux experience (Ubuntu / Debian preferred, Fedora / RHEL acceptable)
Monitoring systems such as Sensu
An eye for detail, with strong problem solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication kills

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 sounds like you – please get in touch, we would love to hear from you!
At Wētā FX we celebrate our diversity and believe in creating an environment where all our crew feel welcomed, respected, supported and appreciated. We define ourselves by the quality of our work, and we’re striving to build a workplace experience that’s second to none. Here at Wētā FX we value open minds and encourage our crew to be themselves.
We aim to provide a discrimination-free experience, beginning from the moment you apply for a role with us. If there is anything we can do to make the recruitment process easier, please let us know at recruitment@wetafx.co.nz.
Location: Wellington, New Zealand