Senior Database Platform Engineer

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🏄 California, North Carolina, +1 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🏗️ 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

• Engineer and administer high-availability solutions for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Snowflake • Engineer security and authentication frameworks across database platforms • Perform database maintenance and integrate monitoring tools to ensure documented RPO/RTO compliance and enterprise application uptime • Develop reusable Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks using Python and PowerShell for baseline enforcement, network automation, secure data sharing, and consistent deployments • Engineer Central Management Server infrastructure and inventory systems to discover, register, and track database instances and deployments • Enable centralized policy-based management across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Snowflake environments • Design and implement enterprise data ingestion solutions using Snowflake External Tables and Apache Iceberg with Amazon S3 data lakes • Configure and manage Snowflake Security/Storage integrations for PowerBI, Sigma, and SailPoint • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the database team • Serve as escalation point for advanced troubleshooting • Collaborate with business departments, application development, infrastructure groups, and executive stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 7 years of experience in the stated database platform, security, automation, data ingestion, and Snowflake integration duties • Alternatively, a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 5 years of the stated experience • 2 years of engineering experience and usage with Kafka • Experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and multi-subnet failover clusters • Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB replica sets and sharded clusters, and Snowflake multi-region accounts with failover configurations • Experience with SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake security and authentication frameworks • Experience with DPA, SolarWinds, and Sentry monitoring integration • Experience developing Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks using Python and PowerShell • Experience with Snowflake External Tables, Apache Iceberg, and Amazon S3 data lakes • Experience configuring Snowflake Security/Storage integrations with PowerBI, Sigma, and SailPoint • Ability to work from a home office where Dimensional has an office in California, Texas, or North Carolina

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus eligible • Comprehensive benefits • Educational initiatives • Special celebrations of the company’s history, culture, and growth • May work from a home office