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PENN InteractiveSenior Database Reliability Engineer
PENN Interactive seeks a remote Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join the engineering organization and contribute to online gaming and sports media platforms like theScore and…
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PENN Interactive seeks a remote Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join the engineering organization and contribute to online gaming and sports media platforms like theScore and Hollywood Casino. This position focuses on database administration, cloud architecture, and platform performance optimization. The person in this role will work cross-functionally to design database solutions, handle production incidents, and maintain high availability using cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate brings extensive hands-on database engineering…
Job Description
PENN Interactive seeks a remote Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join the engineering organization and contribute to online gaming and sports media platforms like theScore and Hollywood Casino. This position focuses on database administration, cloud architecture, and platform performance optimization.
The person in this role will work cross-functionally to design database solutions, handle production incidents, and maintain high availability using cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate brings extensive hands-on database engineering experience and a strong background in cloud environments.
PENN Entertainment delivers integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences throughout North America. The company provides a supportive work environment emphasizing career development and professional growth.
Responsibilities
- Assess current database architectures and propose upgrades to preserve performance and availability.
- Collaborate within agile scrum and kanban methodologies to advance engineering and support tasks.
- Respond to database outages, lead triage efforts, and remediate issues promptly.
- Review database schemas, views, partitions, and queries to execute performance-enhancing changes.
- Oversee replication between databases to guarantee resilience and fault recovery capabilities.
- Drive product choices, design methods, and modeling strategies for AWS and GCP databases.
- Develop database architecture supporting business continuity plans, backups, compute, network, and storage using Terraform and GitOps.
- Create standardized database design architectures that can be easily duplicated for new installations.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of practical database engineering experience, specifically with Postgres.
- At least 5 years of experience operating within AWS or GCP cloud environments.
- At least 3 years of high-level programming experience utilizing Python or Go.
- Demonstrated background with Kubernetes production environments and K8S operators such as Zalando and CNPG.
- Familiarity with Kafka or other distributed event streaming systems, ETLs, and CDC.
- Expertise in database monitoring, database architecture, and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.
- Proven capability in handling production support issues and executing timely remediation.
Qualifications
- Experience working with applications that require compliance audits.
Core Skills
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Education and conference reimbursements
- Fun, relaxed work environment
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this position remote?
Yes, the posting indicates this role is remote with locations throughout North America.
What is the salary range for this role?
The salary is between USD 150,000 and 190,000 per year, and the position is eligible for a bonus.
What are the core technical requirements?
Candidates must have at least 5 years of database engineering experience with Postgres, 5 years in AWS or GCP cloud environments, and 3 years of programming experience in Python or Go, along with Kubernetes production experience.
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