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Principal Data Platform Engineer
Platform EngineerPlatform EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1996H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
United States
Posted
45 days ago
Salary
$153.1K - $275.5K / year
Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDockerGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusPythonSplunkTerraform
Job Description
• Lead global teams in design and architecture discussions with partners, developers, and platform engineers
• Implement scalable and secure database architectures for enterprise systems across multi-availability-zone, multi-region cloud-native platforms (AWS, and private cloud)
• Optimize applications and databases to use the full capabilities and cost efficiencies of AWS cloud-native RDS & EMR platforms
• Review, configure, and maintain globally distributed data platforms that are available and scalable
• Collaborate with IT, DevOps, and application teams to ensure seamless integration with existing systems
• Manage automated operations, deployments, patching, upgrades, and capacity planning through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools ensuring secure and scalable database operations across multi-cloud environments
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and fine-tune database performance to ensure scalability across multi-cloud environments
• Implement data protection strategies, including encryption and access controls
• Support audit readiness and security reviews
• Manage regular maintenance windows to ensure system uptime
• Develop enterprise data models and enforce data standards, best practices, and governance frameworks to ensure data integrity and consistency
• Research new technologies to enhance database efficiency
• Create clear, comprehensive documentation for database designs, configurations, and procedures
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of overall Enterprise Data Platform Engineering experience, with 6+ years focused on cloud-based open platform database architecture, design, and engineering
- Demonstrated expertise in multi-cloud database architecture, design, implementation, and cross-platform migration
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and DevOps automation tools with expertise in CI/CD pipelines and best practices with Terraform and Python skills
- Familiarity with data governance and regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA), along with security best practices
- Experience diagnosing and resolving complex database issues
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Database Insights)
- Experience with business continuity planning and high-availability architecture design
- Demonstrated experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical teams
Benefits
- Great compensation package and bonus plan
- Core benefits including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
- Flexible work environment, ability to work remote, hybrid or in-office
- Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays
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