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Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors

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Senior Database Platform Engineer

Dimensional Fund Advisors

Austin, TX • On-site

$105K - $142K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 22 days ago

Job description

Job Summary:
Dimensional Fund Advisors is seeking a Senior Database Platform Engineer to create and refine innovative solutions that empower their business. This role involves architecting and automating database platform provisioning, configuration, and security while collaborating with business and technology teams to achieve project goals.
Responsibilities:
• Architects and automates database platform provisioning, configuration, monitoring, issue remediation, and security.
• Applies expert understanding and troubleshooting of complex database systems.
• Establishes, implements, and maintains best practice standards around code quality, deployment, security, architecture, and automation.
• Collaborates with business and technology teams to accomplish engineering project goals.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience engineering for database engines (ex: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake)
• 10+ years of experience programming interpreted scripting languages (Python and/ or Powershell)
• 7+ years of experience working with cloud platforms in various cloud service providers (ex: Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, RDS, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.)
• 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 (ex; Terraform, Ansible, Powershell DSC, Puppet, Chef, Cloud Formation, etc.)
• 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 workflow (Ex: JIRA, Git, Github, Github Actions, Liquibase, Jenkins, Octopus, DbUp, etc.)
• Experience working with Kafka
• Experience working and developing with/on REST APIs and other non-DB direct interfaces
• Applies a high bar for database platform architecture and security to solutions
• Embodies and applies an engineering mindset to all aspects of their role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex concepts to various audiences helping them to understand the benefits of technologies and recommended course of action
Preferred:
• Experience working with or interest in object-oriented programming languages (ex: C#, Java, C++, etc.)
Company:
Dimensional Fund Advisors is a company that provides asset management services. Founded in 1981, the company is headquartered in Austin, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

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