Title: Database Engineer (DevOps) – Senior & Lead
Location: Minneapolis, MN or Madison, WI
Job Type: Hybrid, on-site 3 days per week
Contract: C2H
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Position Overview
We are hiring Senior and Lead Database Engineers (DevOps) to drive our transition to cloud-first database operations. These roles focus on automation, optimization, and scalable performance across Snowflake, Azure, and other enterprise data platforms. Ideal candidates are self-starters who thrive in a DevOps environment, collaborating with developers, architects, and infrastructure teams to build robust, automated, and cost
Key Responsibilities
- Database Engineering & Cloud: Design, automate, and manage Snowflake solutions on Azure; support Oracle OCI and Cosmos DB; ensure scalability and system health with IaC (Terraform, Ansible).
- Automation & Optimization: Automate provisioning, scaling, monitoring, and backups; optimize Snowflake performance (queries, warehouses, storage); build scripts/tools (Python, PowerShell, Ansible) for self-service.
- DevOps Integration: Embed database operations into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions); standardize deployments with IaC and configuration management.
- Governance & Security: Enforce security, compliance, and access controls; align with organizational and regulatory standards.
- Continuous Improvement: Monitor trends in Snowflake, Azure, and DevOps; recommend strategies for performance, cost, and scalability; drive a culture of automation and optimization.
Qualifications Required
- Strong expertise in Snowflake (performance tuning, workload/cost optimization, security).
- Hands-on experience with Azure cloud services (Snowflake on Azure, Cosmos DB, Snowpipe).
- Familiarity with DevOps practices: Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), CI/CD, monitoring.
- Proficiency with automation/scripting (Python, Ansible, PowerShell).
- Experience in database performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Strong problem-solving and optimization mindset.
Preferred / Plus
- 5–8 years in database administration (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, or similar RDBMS).
- 2–3 years applying automation (IaC, CI/CD, monitoring, automation frameworks).
- Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, and database security best practices.
- Proven ability to collaborate across engineering and architecture teams.
