Senior Database Platform Engineer
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
Job Description: The Senior Database Platform Engineer will work as part of a team to create and refine innovative solutions to empower our business. This multi-discipline role will enable the business and technology teams to leverage various data platform technologies at a high level. The Engineer will enable users to provision, analyze and consume data via performant, secure and scalable database platforms. 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.
- 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)
- 7+ 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
- Embodies 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
- Experience working with or interest in object-oriented programming languages (ex: C#, Java, C++, etc.)
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