DIRECTV · 17 hours ago
Principal, IT Software Engineer 2 - Database Operations and Pipeline
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$141K/yr - $256K/yr
7+ years expDIRECTV is a leading provider of digital television entertainment and is seeking a Principal, IT Software Engineer 2 to design and develop solutions for their customer profile operational data store. This role involves guiding development, ensuring security and compliance, and leading technical teams while fostering best practices in a collaborative environment.
Digital EntertainmentFilmMedia and EntertainmentSportsTVTV Production
Responsibilities
Guide development and modernization of critical customer information operational data stores
Lead development of data pathways between internal and external systems, especially with integration to identity and access management services
Govern all aspects of the application design including providing input on application architecture, modern technologies and development techniques, and patterns to create sustainable technology
Ensure security and compliance for the data and services stored and passed by these systems
Lead the development of new technologies based on best practices and a coaching mindset for more junior team members
Govern vendor teams to develop to our desired technical vision, minimizing technical debt and ensuring productive, predictable output from our partners
Serve as the domain technical expert, representing system capabilities to business and technology teams alike, understanding desired business outcomes, and guiding the solution to the most effective implementation; be comfortable communicating progress, roadblocks, and opportunities to all levels in the organization
Participate in cross-functional teams to define and hone technical best-practices; evangelize these and support change across teams where needed
Participate in defining and developing DevOPS best practices, including Production Support and deployment process, and additionally help troubleshoot critical production issues
A strong communicator, able to effectively synthesize key points of a topic and turn them into a persuasive conversation, presentation, or email
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software delivery experience in an agile environment with proven experience in developing enterprise, web, and / or mobile applications
Strong experience developing and interfacing with database technologies is required (Oracle, MongoDB preferred)
Strong DevOps foundation, including fluency with CI/CD, quality/security/performance automation is required
Expertise in cloud technologies and platforms, including Azure and AWS; knowledge of data networking is required
Experience with Relational, document databases and PL/SQL required
A strong communicator, able to effectively synthesize key points of a topic and turn them into a persuasive conversation, presentation, or email
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience preferred
Experience delivering applications at scale through agile frameworks such as SAFe
Hands-on experience with Oracle database performance improvement and optimization is a plus
Experience developing for OAuth and integrating IAM platforms is preferred
Experience in Web Component Development for J2EE Platform and Java 2 Platform preferred
Experience working with REST and SOAP based web-services preferred
Experience with Postman, SOAPUI, Mockito preferred
Excellent organization and planning skills with ability to multi-task
Self-directed, results-oriented individual who can independently handle and thrive with multiple priorities
Company
DIRECTV
DIRECTV is an American digital entertainment services provider delivering sports, news, movies, family and local programming channels.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2024-09-30Acquired
2013-08-29IPO
Leadership Team
Drew Groner
Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Marketing
John Manganilla
Senior Director of Product Development, Video Content
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