Senior Database Platform Engineer

Duties & Responsibilities

• Architects and automates database platform provisioning, configuration, monitoring, issue remediation, and security.
• Applies expert understanding and troubleshooting of complex database systems.
• Establishes, implements, and maintains best practice standards around code quality, deployment, security, architecture, and automation.
• Collaborates with business and technology teams to accomplish engineering project goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience engineering for database engines (ex: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake).
• 10+ years of experience programming interpreted scripting languages (Python and/or Powershell).
• 10+ years of experience working with cloud platforms in various cloud service providers (ex: Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, RDS, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.).
• 8+ years of experience using SQL or NoSQL based languages.
• 8+ years of experience using and developing with configuration management products and applying Infrastructure as Code principles (ex; Terraform, Ansible, Powershell DSC, Puppet, Chef, Cloud Formation, etc.).
• 5+ years of experience working with containerized platforms.
• Expert knowledge of relevant database platform engine internals, infrastructure and concepts.
• Expert knowledge of CI/CD and SDLC workflow (Ex: JIRA, Git, Github, Github Actions, Liquibase, Jenkins, Octopus, DbUp, etc.).
• Experience working with Kafka.
• Experience working and developing with/on REST APIs and other non-DB direct interfaces.
• Applies a high bar for database platform architecture and security to solutions.
• Embraces and applies an engineering mindset to all aspects of their role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex concepts to various audiences helping them to understand the benefits of technologies and recommended course of action.

Preferred Experience

• Working with or interest in object-oriented programming languages (ex: C#, Java, C++, etc.).

Benefits

Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.