Database Engineer

Overview Join to apply for the Database Engineer role at Springer Nature. We’re looking for an experienced Database Engineer, with an IaC mindset, who will help us fulfil our mission to enable product teams to focus on delivering value. About us Springer Nature is one of the world’s leading global research, educational and professional publishers. It is home to an array of respected and trusted brands and imprints, with more than 170 years of combined history behind them, providing quality content through a range of innovative products and services. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals and resources reach millions of people, helping researchers and scientists to discover, students to learn and professionals to achieve their goals and ambitions. The company has around 10,000 staff in over 50 countries. Your team This role is within the Database Engineering team, who are responsible for providing our managed database platform. The team consists of Platform Engineers and Database Engineers who work together to provide managed database services and the underlying cloud based infrastructure for internal customers across the organisation. About the technology We have built platforms serving hundreds of developers at scale around the world. We are making more and more use of Kubernetes as a backend container platform and integrating this into our platform offering. We are leveraging the power of Kubernetes to build a new PaaS that will co exist with the current Cloud Foundry Platform, as well as managing an internal database platform that runs over 1200 database servers. Your responsibilities Together with the team, you will share the responsibility of maintenance tasks, documentation, running updates and keeping our systems secure. Along with your team members, you provide expert services and guidance to development and product teams across Springer Nature and further develop our database infrastructure platform. You will contribute to the evolution of our database services through leveraging IaC, maximising customer self service and living the continuous integration mindset. You help to improve and optimise the existing database platform to maximise capacity for consultation with internal customers. As one of the database experts for relational and document store dbs, you help your customers to choose the best solution for their needs, providing advice and guidance on schema setup and query tuning. We provide the opportunity to work on new challenges and drive the evolution of our services in a collaborative and supportive environment. About You You are a friendly team member who is modest, humble and open to learning from anyone regardless of age, gender, race, role or experience. You value social interactions, are open to feedback and introspection and you can self reflect by asking questions. You are confident in your abilities but aware of your limitations. You have a strong preference for working together, collaborating across domains and practices, sharing knowledge and training others as opposed to quickly getting things done alone. You understand the value of doing meaningful and sustainable work rather than implementing temporary fixes to meet arbitrary deadlines. Desired Skills and Experience Knowledge and experience of MongoDB and PostgreSQL Experience with Infrastructure as Code for automation and configuration management Programming experience with Golang, Ruby, Python or at least one modern language Experience in operating and maintaining cloud infrastructure Experience with automation frameworks such as Terraform Puppet or Ansible Understanding of database architecture, backup and recovery, and performance tuning Experience with database clustering and replication mechanisms Preferred Skills and Experience Experience of working with Cloud SQL Experience using Google Cloud Platform Experience of using and ideally developing REST APIs Experience of developing web applications Experience with common CI CD tools Docker and containerisation Experience in contributing to the architecture and design of new and existing systems Unix shell scripting or programming experience High user and customer orientation High sensitivity for security relevant issues Strong conceptual skills, logical analytical thinking and problem solving skills We’re looking forward to your application. After reviewing your CV our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to schedule a short initial phone or video call. After this first step we will run 2-3 rounds (introductory, technical, cultural) with you, with different members of the Engineering Enablement team. When appropriate these phases will be held via phone or video calls. Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Full-time Job function Information Technology Industries Book and Periodical Publishing #J-18808-Ljbffr