Senior Data Platform Administrator

Job Description:

  • Own reliability standards across SQL Server, Azure SQL, Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL, RDS, DynamoDB, and Snowflake
  • Define SLI/SLO standards, capacity planning practices, and cloud database cost governance
  • Lead end-to-end database migration and modernization projects
  • Design multi-region high-availability architectures and cross-cloud disaster recovery strategies
  • Drive cloud database cost optimization through right-sizing, reserved capacity, workload management, and query consolidation
  • Set standards for performance tuning, troubleshooting, and incident response
  • Automate routine database operations using PowerShell, Python, and schema migration tooling
  • Own replication topologies using HVR, AWS DMS, Meltano, and SQL Server native replication
  • Own Delphix platform administration, including engine sizing, dSource strategy, masking design, capacity planning, and API automation
  • Lead modernization of legacy MS BI workloads with Data Solutions Engineering
  • Operate Snowflake at architectural depth, including warehouse strategy, RBAC, cost governance, resource monitors, and data sharing
  • Define database observability standards using AppDynamics, DataDog, DBADash, and custom monitoring
  • Own database security posture, compliance controls, hardening, secrets management, and incident response
  • Mentor administrators and own onboarding and skills development plans
  • Drive incident postmortems and structural improvements
  • Partner with Data Solutions Engineering, application engineering, and DevOps
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and produce recommendations and proof-of-concept implementations

Requirements:

  • 6+ years of database administration experience across multiple platforms with significant time at the senior individual contributor level
  • Expert-level SQL Server engineering: FCI, Always-On Availability Groups, Extended Events, Query Store, advanced performance tuning, In-Memory OLTP, Resource Governor
  • Strong multi-engine experience: SQL Server plus at least two cloud-native databases (Aurora MySQL/PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, or DynamoDB) in production
  • Proven track record leading database migration or modernization initiatives at production scale
  • Deep performance tuning skills across OLTP and operational analytics workloads, including execution plan internals, storage engine behavior, and concurrency control
  • Operational expertise with Snowflake including warehouse architecture, RBAC design, and cost governance
  • Hands-on expertise with Delphix at architectural depth
  • Operational expertise with SSIS, SSRS, SSAS (Tabular and Multidimensional), and SSMDS
  • Production experience with replication and CDC: HVR, AWS DMS, Meltano, or SQL Server native replication
  • Strong scripting and automation skills in PowerShell and Python
  • Working knowledge of Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent IaC
  • Demonstrated mentorship and standards-setting at a team level
  • Working knowledge of SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or equivalent compliance frameworks
  • Demonstrated ability to influence architecture direction and cross-team engineering strategy
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship
  • Preferred: multi-region or multi-cloud DR, Kubernetes-hosted database workloads, public technical community presence, regulated-industry experience, data lakehouse formats, and additional observability platforms

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation and 401k matching
  • Insurance plans (health, dental, vision)
  • Maternity benefits
  • Associate purchase and discount programs for new and pre-owned vehicles, services, parts, collision, accessories, and AutoGear
  • Deals and discounts through YouDecide
  • DRVPNK mission and charitable engagement supporting cancer research and treatment
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