Senior Dev Ops Engineers

Jersey City, NJ, US • Posted 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
Depends on Experience
Company Branding Image
Fitment

Dice Job Match Score™

🔢 Crunching numbers...

Job Details

Skills

Summary

Senior Lead Database Platform Engineer

This role is focused on leading the architecture, engineering, automation, and modernization of enterprise database platforms across a large-scale environment. The ideal candidate will operate at the intersection of database engineering, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, security, and automation.

Key Technologies

  • Database Engineering
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Graph Databases (Neo4j, GraphDB, Stardog)
  • Azure Cloud
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • API-Driven Platforms
  • Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus

Must Have Experience

  • 7+ years of Database Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Engineering experience
  • Strong Azure cloud architecture and engineering background
  • Deep Database Engineering experience with MongoDB, Redis, and distributed database platforms
  • Terraform and Ansible automation expertise
  • Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Platform Engineering principles
  • Designing highly available, scalable, resilient database platforms
  • Kubernetes and containerized platform deployments
  • Performance tuning, database optimization, sharding, replication, disaster recovery, and backup/recovery strategies
  • Hybrid cloud and multi-cloud architecture experience
  • API-first and automation-driven platform development

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture and engineering strategy for enterprise database platforms
  • Lead database engineering efforts across MongoDB, Redis, and Graph database technologies
  • Design scalable, resilient, and secure database solutions
  • Develop automation frameworks, deployment templates, and standardized provisioning workflows
  • Build self-service, API-driven database platforms
  • Drive adoption of Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
  • Partner with cloud, infrastructure, security, and operations teams
  • Establish architecture standards, governance, and engineering best practices
  • Lead performance engineering, resiliency planning, capacity management, and database optimization initiatives
  • Enable Kubernetes/operator-based database management solutions

Nice to Have

  • Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience
  • GraphRAG, AI/ML, or knowledge graph exposure
  • Experience with observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus
  • Platform Engineering or Internal Developer Platform leadership experience
  • Data governance and enterprise data architecture knowledge

What They're Looking For

  • This is a hands-on Architect/Lead-level role for someone who has a strong database engineering foundation and can modernize enterprise database platforms through Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation. The ideal candidate will have experience building scalable database services, defining platform standards, and driving automation across complex enterprise environments.


By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10115369
  • Position Id: 1b158ae9-37a8-402a-a837-d7f6403f888a
  • Posted 4 hours ago

Company Info

About Vaco by Highspring

Vaco is the Talent Solutions division of Highspring, a leading global professional services organization. With expertise in Accounting and Finance, Technology and Digital, and Human Resources and Operations, Vaco provides Contract Staffing and Direct Hire solutions. Vaco’s parent company, Highspring, helps clients with two additional integrated service offerings: Consulting and Managed Services. With more than 10,000 employees across more than 45 offices worldwide, Highspring gives partners the agility to thrive, address challenges, and seize opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Get to know us at vaco.com. 

About_Company_OneAbout_Company_Two
Contact the job poster
AN

Aaron Nelson

Recruiter @ Vaco by Highspring

Create job alert
Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.