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Job#: 3035133
Job Description:
Job Description:
What We Do/Project
Our client provides data analytics services that support game teams and analysts across the their Games organization. As players perform actions in-game, our platform collects telemetry in real-time. The data collected provides insights for guiding game development, marketing, and monetization.
Some of our featured games include Game of Thrones: Conquest, Injustice 2, Mortal Kombat, Batman: Arkham Knight, Hogwarts Legacy.
The Data Platform Engineer / DBA manages our database and data platform fleet, maintaining secure, optimized, and highly available databases, data warehouses, and lakehouses. Our stack is evolving: Redshift remains a core platform, and we are actively expanding into Databricks and open table format (Apache Iceberg on S3). The Data Platform Engineer / DBA works closely with engineering and analytics teams to design, implement, and maintain these systems.
Job Responsibilities / Typical Day In The Role
Operate Redshift clusters, Databricks workspaces, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL instances, and supporting AWS infrastructure
Perform user/security tasks across platforms: Redshift user/group management, Databricks Unity Catalog access controls, IAM Roles/Policies, RDS parameter and access management
Design and maintain open table format data lakes using Apache Iceberg on S3, including compaction, snapshot management, partition strategies, and schema evolution
Profile production workloads and develop strategies to run optimized clusters and workspaces with scale and efficiency
Provide architecture guidance and support to technical leads; help develop code and SQL for data assets, identify performance tuning opportunities, and work with developers to improve production systems
Contribute to and maintain automation scripts and internal tooling with production-quality code standards (unit tests, peer review, documentation, Git-based workflows)
Develop monitoring and recovery automation to identify and resolve issues to meet our high SLA
Research new technologies and develop proofs of concept; propose technical improvements and new capabilities
Must Have Skills / Requirements
1)1st round with Hiring Manager
2)2nd round (panel or 1:1) with Technical Teams (technical screening)
Hybrid role - 3-days on-site preferred.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Job#: 3035133
Job Description:
Job Description:
What We Do/Project
Our client provides data analytics services that support game teams and analysts across the their Games organization. As players perform actions in-game, our platform collects telemetry in real-time. The data collected provides insights for guiding game development, marketing, and monetization.
Some of our featured games include Game of Thrones: Conquest, Injustice 2, Mortal Kombat, Batman: Arkham Knight, Hogwarts Legacy.
The Data Platform Engineer / DBA manages our database and data platform fleet, maintaining secure, optimized, and highly available databases, data warehouses, and lakehouses. Our stack is evolving: Redshift remains a core platform, and we are actively expanding into Databricks and open table format (Apache Iceberg on S3). The Data Platform Engineer / DBA works closely with engineering and analytics teams to design, implement, and maintain these systems.
Job Responsibilities / Typical Day In The Role
Operate Redshift clusters, Databricks workspaces, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL instances, and supporting AWS infrastructure
Perform user/security tasks across platforms: Redshift user/group management, Databricks Unity Catalog access controls, IAM Roles/Policies, RDS parameter and access management
Design and maintain open table format data lakes using Apache Iceberg on S3, including compaction, snapshot management, partition strategies, and schema evolution
Profile production workloads and develop strategies to run optimized clusters and workspaces with scale and efficiency
Provide architecture guidance and support to technical leads; help develop code and SQL for data assets, identify performance tuning opportunities, and work with developers to improve production systems
Contribute to and maintain automation scripts and internal tooling with production-quality code standards (unit tests, peer review, documentation, Git-based workflows)
Develop monitoring and recovery automation to identify and resolve issues to meet our high SLA
Research new technologies and develop proofs of concept; propose technical improvements and new capabilities
Must Have Skills / Requirements
- Experience with AWS data services: Redshift, RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, EC2, Athena, Glue, Lake Formation
- 3 years
- Experience with Databricks: workspace administration, Unity Catalog, cluster management, Spark SQL, Delta Live Tables or similar
- 2 years
- Experience with PostgreSQL or Aurora PostgreSQL: query tuning, replication concepts, pg_stat views, parameter groups
- 2 years
- Experience with AWS Security: IAM (Users, Groups, Roles, Policies, Instance Profiles), Redshift/RDS security, S3 bucket policies
- 2 years
- PySpark for data pipeline development
- AWS Glue with Iceberg or Delta Lake integration
- Snowflake administration
- Terraform or AWS CDK for infrastructure as code
- DynamoDB experience
- Feature Store
- Ability to read, understand, debug, and extend complex Python codebases; comfort navigating large repositories with multiple modules and abstractions
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to lead projects, prioritize, and multitask
- Deadline and detail-oriented
- Part of on-call rotation
- Experience with Apache Iceberg on S3: partition management, compaction, snapshot management, schema evolution
- Proficiency in Python for automation and shared tooling: object-oriented design, writing maintainable and testable code, participating in code review, and contributing to a shared Git-based codebase
- Experience automating database and platform operations using Python, Jenkins, Airflow, Datadog and Git
- None required.
1)1st round with Hiring Manager
2)2nd round (panel or 1:1) with Technical Teams (technical screening)
- Possible 3rd round interview.
Hybrid role - 3-days on-site preferred.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.