Senior Data Platform Administrator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of reliability and operational standards across SQL Server, Azure SQL, AWS Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL, RDS, DynamoDB, Snowflake, and Delphix.

• Establish and uphold SLI/SLO standards, capacity planning methodologies, and cloud database cost governance frameworks.

• Spearhead database migrations and modernization initiatives, encompassing on-premises-to-cloud transitions, version upgrades, engine consolidations, and platform decommissioning.

• Design high-availability architectures across multiple regions and implement cross-cloud disaster recovery strategies for tier-1 workloads.

• Propel cloud database cost optimization through strategies such as right-sizing, reserved capacity planning, workload management, and query consolidation.

• Set benchmarks for performance tuning, troubleshooting, and incident response protocols.

• Automate routine database operations utilizing PowerShell, Python, and schema migration tools.

• Manage replication topologies utilizing HVR, AWS DMS, Meltano, and SQL Server native replication.

• Oversee Delphix at the platform level, including engine sizing, dSource strategy, masking design, capacity planning, and API automation.

• Lead the modernization of legacy MS BI workloads such as SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, and SSMDS.

• Operate Snowflake at an architectural level, focusing on warehouse strategy, RBAC, cost governance, resource monitors, and data sharing.

• Define standards for database observability using tools like AppDynamics, DataDog, DBADash, and custom monitoring solutions.

• Manage the database security posture, including encryption, access governance, audit logging, and vulnerability management.

• Oversee the implementation of compliance controls for SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or similar frameworks.

• Collaborate with security teams on hardening measures, secrets management, and incident response strategies.

• Mentor database administrators, oversee the onboarding curriculum, and create skills development plans.

• Facilitate incident postmortems and drive structural enhancements.

• Collaborate with data engineering, application engineering, and DevOps teams on cross-functional projects.

• Assess emerging technologies and provide recommendations along with proof-of-concept implementations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of database administration experience across various platforms, with substantial time spent at the senior individual contributor level.

• Expert-level SQL Server engineering skills, including FCI, Always-On Availability Groups, Extended Events, Query Store, advanced performance tuning, In-Memory OLTP, and Resource Governor.

• Proficiency in SQL Server and at least two cloud-native databases in production: Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, or DynamoDB.

• Demonstrated experience leading production-scale database migration or modernization projects; experience with 10TB+ environments is preferred.

• Exceptional performance tuning skills for OLTP and operational analytics workloads, including understanding execution plan internals, storage engine behavior, and concurrency control.

• Operational expertise with Snowflake, including warehouse architecture, RBAC design, and cost governance practices.

• Hands-on experience with Delphix at an architectural level.

• Operational knowledge of SSIS, SSRS, SSAS (both Tabular and Multidimensional), and SSMDS.

• Production experience with replication and CDC technologies such as HVR, AWS DMS, Meltano, or SQL Server native replication.

• Strong scripting and automation capabilities in PowerShell and Python.

• Familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.

• Proven mentorship abilities and standards-setting at a team level.

• Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or their equivalents.

• Ability to influence architectural direction and cross-team engineering strategies.

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship from the Company.

• Preferred qualifications include experience with multi-region or multi-cloud disaster recovery architectures, Kubernetes-hosted database workloads or operators, active participation in public technical communities, experience in regulated industries, and familiarity with Delta Lake or Iceberg, Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401k matching options.

• Comprehensive insurance plans including health, dental, and vision coverage.

• Maternity benefits available.

• Associate purchase and discount programs for new and pre-owned vehicles, services, parts, collision, accessories, and AutoGear.

• Discounts available through YouDecide, a platform offering deals from top providers and retailers.

• Opportunities to support cancer research and treatment through partnerships with cancer charities nationwide as part of the DRVPNK mission.