Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe's leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.
We believe in better. And we make it happen.
Better content. Better products. And better careers.
Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.
We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.
And we do it all right here at Sky.
Group Technology Digital Transformation
Want to create a smooth and uninterrupted digital experience for millions of customers? Then our Group Technology Digital Transformation is the team for you. Agile, cooperative, data-driven and diverse, our team works on brilliant products like NOW and Peacock. That's not even the best part. We get to build our own software and our work has a global stage. Our team also delivers exceptional customer experiences and defines digital first propositions in customer journeys across all channels.
What you'll Do
Working at Sky as part of the Identity Site Reliability Engineering team is an exciting way to develop and improve your skills across a broad technology stack on multiple cloud providers. Your contributions will help drive improvements and new features on our global Identity platform. Our team provides sign-in, sign-up and related services for tens of millions of Sky, NOW, and NBCU Peacock customers and we have an exciting roadmap of enhancements that require architecture design and support across our persistence layer." - James Shaw, Senior Site Reliability Engineering Manager
- Database design, installation and configuration
- Manage changes across our persistence estates
- Engage in service capacity planning and demand forecasting
- Provide support for any performance issues through the optimisation of queries, stored procedures, indexing & structure
- Deliver training to colleagues in how to extract data efficiently
- Write database documentation
What you'll bring
- Experience with or exposure to database architecture principles
- Previous experience as a Database Administrator - NoSQL preferred
- Detailed data analysis and presentation skills
- Database Monitoring (Prometheus, Nagios, Icinga)
- Scripting / System-Programming (Python, Bash, Go)
The rewards
There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here's a taster:
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
How you'll work - hybrid working
The world has changed. And so have we. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home.
You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.
Your office space
Leeds
Our spacious tech hub is less than a mile from Leeds train station. There's plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.
Need a break? You can blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.
We'd love to hear from you
Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.
But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.
If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way.
Why wait?
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.
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