• Administer, monitor, and maintain MS SQL Server and MongoDB or Oracle or PostgreSQL databases. • Implement data backup and recovery strategies. • Optimize database performance and troubleshoot issues. • Enforce database security measures and manage user access. • Collaborate with development teams on database solutions. • Set up monitoring tools for performance tracking.

Sporty Group Partnered with some of the World’s greatest Champions including Real Madrid FC, Michael Essien and Eder Militao, we’re on the lookout for some Champions of our own to be a part of the 'Top Ranked Fastest Growing and Most Successful Online Gaming Brand in the World'. Home to SportyBet, SportyTV, Sporty.com, Football.com and the newly launched SportyFM, we continue to lead with innovation and exclusive sports content. Sporty is expanding and we're building the world's go to platform for everyday entertainment. About the role With tens of millions of visitors every week, we strive to be the best in the industry for our users. You’ll be responsible for taking ownership of our existing and new database infrastructure for multiple platforms and facilitating releases into new regions. We wrote our systems from scratch about 4 years ago, so you’ll be working with the latest technology and won’t have to worry about decades old technologies. There’s also freedom to research and implement new technologies into our stack as you and the team see fit. Our Stack MySQL, MongoDB, AWS EC2, Cloudwatch, RDS, Redshift, Grafana, Prometheus, Terraform, Python, Shell What you'll be doing Take ownership and responsibility for our existing and new database infrastructure Slow query monitoring and database system capacity proactive adjustment Automating deployments, config management, and building infrastructure with Terraform Enhance our existing dashboards as well as develop new dashboards and alert mechanisms As we deploy into new regions you’ll be facilitating the database side On call responsibilities on a rotating pattern What you'll bring 📍 Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability 💰 A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter 🌴 28 days paid annual leave ⏰ Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this 📝 Referral bonuses & flash bonuses 💻 Top of the line equipment 🌍 Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities Interview Process Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team Online assessment via Hackerrank Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins) Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins) Personalised Support We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone. If you need any adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know. Your Move If you're excited about this role, even if you don't meet every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. We understand candidates may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all requirements, however your unique perspective is what helps us innovate and grow together. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.

Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling. While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different. For information on Skydance’s privacy practices, see the Skydance U.S. Personnel Privacy Notice located at https://skydance.com/privacy-personnel/ --- The Senior Database Administrator at Skydance Animation is a member of the Information Technology team and will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and advancing our database systems and services. The ideal candidate will work across the organization as a champion of DBA services and best practices and will oversee database systems, policies, and procedures to ensure the highest reliability and performance possible. Responsibilities Architect, design, and oversee the development and administration of databases company wide on-prem and in cloud, including database services to support a next-generation Animation Pipeline Create data strategy artifacts such as policy, governance and instructions, capabilities descriptions, metadata implementation specifications, product format specifications, and interface description specifications Provide oversight of data architecture engineering, data management support, solutions, tracking efficiencies, and meeting net-centric and data-centric objectives Evaluate, maintain, and re-engineer existing databases to use cloud services or new, more efficient database techniques and infrastructure Produce and prepare activity and progress reports regarding database status, health, and management Create Indexes, Clusters, Snapshots, Views, data dictionaries and other database objects, as well as manage Rollback Segments, Data File Size, and all the other aspects related to performance tuning Ensure data integrity and accuracy to ensure that data is accurate, consistent, and up-to-date, and implementing data validation rules and data quality controls Create, implement, and maintain database systems logging and performance monitoring solutions/services Setup database authentication strategy and profiles such as username / password, PKI, LDAP, etc. Ensure Patch and Vulnerability management of enterprise database systems. Identify and correct potential database service security weaknesses Create backup and recovery plans and procedures based on industry best practices, including testing to ensure recovery is successful Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues related to databases, such as system crashes, data corruption, or connectivity problems Plan and executes database upgrades and migrations to database software, hardware, and infrastructure, and migrating data to new systems as necessary Provide database-related support and training to technology teams, production teams, and end-users Maintain documentation of database structures, procedures, and policies, and ensures that documentation is kept current and up to date Create work products such as entity relationship diagrams, data flow diagrams, structure charts, data structure diagrams, and pseudo code to properly evangelize and explain Database services to Engineers, Leadership, and other Studio Teams Identify opportunities for process improvements and work with team members to implement efficiency Act in a senior capacity, providing direction and oversight; additionally, act as a mentor to junior team members Requirements

• The Database Administrator is responsible for all aspects of database administration, configuration, monitoring, and deployment of Microsoft SQL databases and database build packages in the Production environment as well as other non-production environments. • Collaborate with internal and external teams to optimize and update database operations and ensure continuous improvement in monitoring and performance. • Performs all work in accordance with company’s quality programs, standards and procedures. • Provides technical leadership to the development team in resolving development and implementation issues related to the database infrastructure. • Responsible for participation in determining strategic architecture direction. • Review technical documents to ensure consistency, accuracy and compliance with enterprise directions and security standards. • Devise plans for patching and upgrading the database infrastructure. • Develop and maintain all standards pursuant to data structures and models, review data models and frameworks/blueprints. • Responsible for performing routine maintenance tasks, such as database backups, index rebuilding, and statistics gathering. • Responsible for performance tuning of data retrieval and data loading program units. • Responsible for capacity planning and performing Volumetric Analysis. • Work with clients, business analysts, technical staff, and project team members to plan, design, develop, implement, and enhance applications, scripts, procedures, and metadata for relational databases. • Provides full-life cycle product roadmaps for the database infrastructure. • Reviews operational data structures and recommends optimizations and reconfigurations as warranted. • Identify potential strategic data-related technology partners, evaluate and/or assess potential data-related tools and technologies. • Work closely with 3rd party vendors to integrate selected packages. Recommend and evaluate new tools and methodologies. • Conduct proof of concept and evaluate new features available for Microsoft SQL or related Database technologies and perform cost benefit analysis as applicable. • Maintain safety, security, and privacy standards throughout all areas of responsibility. • Develop and implement data security policies, procedures, and best practices to protect sensitive information.