Lead, Data Platform – Database Administrator
Omnidian
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • New York, Pennsylvania, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $120,125 - $197,625 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsIoTKafkaMySQLSparkSQL
About the role
- Own the availability, reliability, recoverability, security and performance of data platforms
- Architect, implement, manage, and optimize data platforms
- Ensure cost transparency, containment and forecasting
- Enhance and update Data Platform processes and standards
- Understand business and technical requirements for IoT timeseries data
- Collaborate with Data Acquisition team for cohesive architecture
- Report directly to Director of Data Management and Information Security
Requirements
- 5+ years experience as a Data Platform Engineer/DBA
- 2+ years in a technical leadership role
- Experience managing large scale data platform projects
- Proficiency with distributed systems like Spark, Kafka and data lakes
- Strong experience with relational databases like SQL Server or MySQL
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
- Understanding of data modeling principles
- Deep understanding of data platform availability, recoverability, security and performance best practices
- Experience implementing cost forecasting and containment processes and structures
- Experience implementing data platform monitoring and alerting
- Proficient with SQL
Benefits
- 100% of health insurance monthly premiums for employees
- 50% for dependents
- Performance Bonus after 90 days
- Stock options
- Up to $500 annual learning reimbursement
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 4-week paid sabbatical leave after four years
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data platform engineeringdistributed systemsSparkKafkadata lakesrelational databasesSQL ServerMySQLcloud platformsAWS
Soft skills
technical leadershipcollaborationcommunication