Database Platform Engineer

We're partnering with a leading investment management firm that is transforming how database services are delivered through automation, self-service platforms, and modern database engineering practices. This is not a traditional DBA role. The team is building a scalable database platform where infrastructure, deployments, and schema changes are treated as code. The focus is on eliminating manual processes through automation, standardization, and self-service capabilities. What You'll Work On Design, build, and operate large-scale SQL Server and Snowflake environments. Automate database provisioning, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management across fleets of database instances. Build self-service tools that enable developers and engineering teams to manage database resources safely and efficiently. Drive Infrastructure as Code and database automation initiatives using Terraform and Python. Implement declarative, version-controlled database deployment practices using modern CI/CD workflows. Partner with engineering teams to improve reliability, performance, observability, and scalability across critical systems. Help shape the future of the firm's database platform as it expands into technologies such as PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Iceberg, and other modern data infrastructure tools. What We're Looking For Performance tuning Query optimization Indexing strategies Always On Availability Groups Replication High availability and disaster recovery Security and troubleshooting Hands‑on Snowflake experience. Strong Python scripting skills for automation and tooling development. Experience managing and automating large database environments rather than individual database instances. Terraform and Infrastructure‑as‑Code experience. AWS and/or Azure cloud experience. Strong understanding of CI/CD and automated deployment processes. Preferred Experience Flyway, Liquibase, or Atlas. Kubernetes and Linux containers. GitOps and modern observability tooling. Technical leadership, mentorship, or team leadership experience. Why This Role This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional database administration and help build a modern, self‑service database platform supporting a high‑performance trading environment. The team values engineers who are passionate about automation, eager to learn new technologies, and excited to modernize how database infrastructure is built and operated. #J-18808-Ljbffr Selby Jennings