Senior Database Platform Engineer

🕒 October 2

🌲 North Carolina, Texas – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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Dimensional Fund Advisors

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1001 - 5000 employees

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

💸 Finance

Consulting • Insurance • Finance

Dimensional Fund Advisors is a leading global investment firm that has been translating academic research into practical investment solutions since 1981. The firm is dedicated to helping investors pursue higher expected returns through a systematic investment process that combines research insights with advanced portfolio design, management, and trading. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it operates 15 global offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, managing $739 billion for investors worldwide as of June 30, 2024. Dimensional is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

📋 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

• Bachelor’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 company’s history, culture, and growth