As a database administrator on the Steam team, you will join a world-class group of software, networking, and operations engineers who facilitate the creation and distribution of social entertainment experiences to players around the globe.
What you'll do
We take care of all aspects of database planning, implementation, and maintenance. We perform physical database implementation, including index tuning, storage management and partitioning, and scoping and integration of new datacenter hardware. We monitor, tune, and refactor database and server performance. We collaborate to implement database-related features, including data modeling, procedural code design, query tuning, and performance management. We design and implement schemes for data security, system availability, and disaster recovery, including backup, log shipping, mirroring and Always On.
- Task 1: Database planning, implementation, and maintenance
- Task 2: Physical database implementation, including index tuning, storage management and partitioning, and scoping and integration of new datacenter hardware
What you need
- Expertise with relational database management systems such as Microsoft SQL Server
- Database administration experience in large-scale high-availability environments
- Task automation and configuration management with languages such as PowerShell, Python, etc.
