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Love everything to do with Databases and DevOps? Well.. I have an opportunity that incorporates both of those! This is a unique opportunity to be leading a team of 4 Database engineers (growing to 5) for one of the largest Entertainment companies, sound interesting? This company made an informed decision and followed most companies in adopting a squad-based model 18 months ago, as they believed that was the best way to go forward. For most companies this works brilliantly and has no problems, but due to them having millions of people on their website at one go it actually left them more exposed. So, they are looking to rebuild their Database Engineering team again and they need someone to lead it but still be very hands on. They use a variety of databases like MySQL, PostgresSQL and Oracle which is running on both Cloud (AWS) and on premise, also use the likes of Terraform, Chef and more. The ideal candidate will be leading a team at the moment and have exposure with...

The way we look at Databases is changing. The days of separate teams managing stand-alone databases are numbered. In this world we call DevOps, You Database guys will be right in the thick of it. You'll embrace the opportunity to sit inside production teams, advising Developers on how to best integrate the database into the wider platform. The new focus will be on performance optimisation, integration and security. Where you'll be sat alongside the wider engineering team, Your AWS experience will be essential. Not only will you be managing the Cloud databases with AWS and Aurora, you'll be integral to insuring its place within the wider platform. You'll be desperate to reduce inefficiency and make sure you're making the best possible use of the data, whilst also being responsible for Data modelling decisions. Any experience you have with automation tools would be a bonus, as would any experience working within a Ruby environment. From a purely Data perspective, your...