Sr. Database Administrator - Chicago OR Denver

Free Wheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.
** Job Summary
** Founded by a team of executives from the world’s leading technology companies, Free Wheel is building the media operations platform for the unified television market.
Companies including ABC, AOL, DIRECTV, ESPN and NBC Universal depend on our robust advertising management/ monetization platform, leverage our private marketplace for premium television inventory, and seek out our advisory services, so they can generate revenue from their ad supported content.
We’re adding to our dynamic team of energetic and creative thinkers who enjoy coming to work everyday …because they get to do something great!
** Job Description
**** ABOUT

THE OPPORTUNITY:

** Free Wheel is seeking a Database Administrator who will report to the Operations DBA Manager to assist in managing databases that support critical line-of-business applications. This individual will own critical changes to production databases in collaboration with the Engineering team, offering guidance and ensuring seamless coordination of these changes while maintaining a high Service Level Objective (99.99% uptime, etc.) commitment.

In addition to the technical responsibilities, the ideal candidate should be a valuable team member who is open to giving and receiving recommendations regarding the design of the production environment. Lastly, this role requires adherence to all global DBA team conventions, processes, guidelines, priorities, cadences, tooling, etc., and providing support for all requirements from the US side ENG (and other stakeholders), executing key projects, handling BAU tasks, being on-call, and bridging the gap between the different teams from different locations.
** Responsibilities**
* ** Provide 24/7 on-call support to ensure database service meets SLA/SLO requirements.
*** Safely execute all database changes in compliance with release protocols, while addressing ad-hoc requests from cross-functional teams across global locations.
* Proactively
** optimize database performance, stability, security, and cost efficiency**, including upstream/downstream application tuning.
* Review and implement database changes such as:  + Data updates  + Index tuning  + Parameter adjustments  + Schema migrations  + Capacity planning  + Application-level enhancements
* Drive
** database architecture evolution**, including topology design, engine/feature adoption, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), consistency strategies, and upgrade planning.
* Enforce
** data governance and security policies**, and support implementation of DB-related processes and enhancements.
* Continuously monitor and
** optimize database cost
** through data-driven analysis and industry best practices.
* Design, implement, and enhance
** monitoring and alerting systems
** to support both BAU operations and project initiatives.
* Build and maintain
** automation tools, services, and portals
** to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
** About You**
* ** 4 - 5+ years
** of end-to-end database management experience, including installation, monitoring, performance tuning, backup/recovery, replication, and HA/DR solutions.
* Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:
** MySQL**,
** RDS (MySQL/Aurora)**,
** Dynamo

DB**,
** SQL Server**,
** Postgre

SQL**,
** Mongo

DB**,
** Cassandra**,
** Click House**,
** Snowflake**.
* Eager to expand your expertise to new database technologies as required by Free Wheel’s evolving business needs.
* Proficient in at least one programming or scripting language:
** Go**,
** Python**,
** Ansible**,
** JavaScript**,
** Vue.js**,
** CSS**,
** Java**,
** C/C++**.
* Strong working knowledge of
** Linux/Unix systems** (e.g., Rocky Linux, Red Hat, Debian, CentOS);
Windows experience is a plus.
* Familiar with
** cloud platforms**,…