Senior Database Platform Engineer

Dimensional Fund Advisors  ยท  via Real Estate Jobs Australia
๐ŸŒŽ Remote ๐Ÿ“ Remote, North Carolina โฐ Full Time

Job Description:

  • Architect and automate database platform provisioning, configuration, monitoring, issue remediation, and security
  • Apply expert understanding and troubleshoot complex database systems
  • Establish, implement, and maintain best-practice standards for code quality, deployment, security, architecture, and automation
  • Collaborate with business and technology teams to accomplish engineering project goals
  • Enable users to provision, analyze, and consume data through performant, secure, and scalable database platforms

Requirements:

  • Bachelorโ€™s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of experience engineering for database engines, such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Snowflake
  • 10+ years of experience programming interpreted scripting languages, including Python and/or PowerShell
  • 7+ years of experience working with cloud platforms and cloud service providers, such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, RDS, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • 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, such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell DSC, Puppet, Chef, or CloudFormation
  • 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 workflows and related tools
  • Experience working with Kafka
  • Experience working with and developing REST APIs and other non-database direct interfaces
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Preferred: experience working with or interest in object-oriented programming languages such as C#, Java, or C++

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Educational initiatives
  • Special celebrations of the companyโ€™s history, culture, and growth