Principal Database Engineer

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Job Description Summary

The Principal Engineer, Cloud and Hosting Database Services role is responsible for the strategic design, implementation, and ongoing management of our cloud and hosting infrastructure for database services. This role provides the highest level of support for complex production issues, acting as the final escalation point when incidents cannot be resolved by Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. The Principal Engineer will guide and provide direction to lower-level support teams, ensuring compliance with organizational technical standards and policies while maintaining system reliability, performance, and security.

Job Responsibilities:

• Guide the work of Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 support teams, ensuring efficient incident management, resolution, and adherence to technical infrastructure standards.
• Serve as the escalation point for unresolved issues, providing expert guidance and support to resolve complex cloud and hosting database problems.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers and support teams, foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.

Cloud and Hosting Database Management

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud and hosting database environments across multiple platforms and locations (private and public).
• Develop and enforce best practices for cloud and hosting database management, including configuration, deployment, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, security standards, and regulatory requirements, with a focus on maintaining high availability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system reliability and value.
• Optimize database storage and retrieval for performance and scalability for public/private cloud utility.

Top Tier Support

• Provide expert guidance during incident and problem resolution.
• Act as the final escalation point for critical incidents and problems, providing hands-on troubleshooting and resolution for complex database hosting issues.
• Lead root cause analysis efforts for major incidents and problems and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Develop and maintain detailed documentation, including incident response plans, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and technical runbooks.

Standards and Compliance

• Oversee compliance with technical infrastructure standards, policies, and regulatory requirements, ensuring all systems and processes are aligned with best practices.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure cloud and hosting database strategies align with business objectives and technical roadmaps.
• Drive the adoption of new technologies and methodologies that enhance cloud and hosting database capabilities, while maintaining compliance with internal and external requirements.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to optimize infrastructure performance, reduce costs, and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead initiatives to implement automation and self-healing mechanisms to enhance system reliability and minimize manual intervention.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and methodologies to improve infrastructure management and support capabilities.
• Implement best practices for database management and governance.

The above statement of duties is not intended to be all inclusive and other duties will be assigned from time to time.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and/or related professional work experience.
• 10+ years of experience in cloud and hosting infrastructure management with at least 5 years in a senior or lead engineering role.
• Demonstrated experience providing highest level support in complex, hybrid, multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proven track record of guiding support teams, ensuring adherence to technical standards, policies, and compliance requirements.
• Database Enablement and Management: Design and develop scalable database platforms and patterns for use in Information Technology.
• Cloud Platforms: Expertise in managing and optimizing multi-cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and GCP and database technologies (SQL), with hands-on experience in managing and optimizing these environments.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced skills with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Chef, and ARM templates.
• Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Monitoring and Logging: Extensive experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, Dynatrace, Prometheus) and logging platforms (e.g., ELK Stack, Splunk) with a deep understanding of alerting and system metrics.
• Security and Compliance: Strong knowledge of cloud security principles, regulatory compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, PCI), and best practices.
• Advanced Problem-Solving: Demonstrated hands-on capacity to diagnose complex technical challenges in high-pressure, production-critical environments, ensuring minimal downtime and effective root cause analysis.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement and foster a culture of innovation and excellence.

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If you’re ready to help make a difference, apply today. Please provide your Work Experience and Education or attach a copy of your resume. Applications received without this information may be removed from consideration.

Compensation may vary based on the job level, your geographic work location, position incentive plan and exemption status.

Base Salary Range:

$137,500.00 - $206,200.00

At TruStageTM, we believe a sound, inclusive benefits program is of vital importance, along with a flexible workplace that allows for work-life balance, career growth and retirement assistance. In addition to your base pay, your position may be eligible for an annual incentive (bonus) plan. Additional benefits available to eligible employees include medical, dental, vision, employee assistance program, life insurance, disability plans, parental leave, paid time off, 401k, and tuition reimbursement, just to name a few. Beyond pay and benefits, we also recognize that flexibility, including working in a place you prefer, is essential to caring for our employees. We will continue to strive to offer flexibility and invest in technology and other tools that will make hybrid working normal rather than an exception, so that when “life happens,” you can focus on what’s most important.

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