Position Summary: Reporting to the Data Platform Manager, and dotted line into the Director of Transformation, the Cloud Data Platform Engineer is responsible for the technical strategy, design, planning, implementation, performance tuning and recovery procedures for cloud database systems in the enterprise and will serve as a technical expert in the area of modern database technologies and operations. Duties and Responsibilities: Develops Database strategy to support the cloud and containerization roadmap for cloud and on-premise environments Defines and executes on automation activities related to environment setup, configuration, deployment, and recovery Develops a methodology for the ongoing assessment of database performance and the identification of problem areas Define and design global solutions for multi region high availability, cloud failover and disaster recovery, including in the future multi-cloud Develop and rollout a hybrid cloud/on premise database model that supports hot/hot failover Coordinate with the Cloud and Containerization team to analyze the business drivers that determine key architecture requirements and solutions Provides leadership during the development and enhancement of production applications including working with applications, technical support and operations during the design, development, and implementation of applications Provides guidance and mentoring across the organization in all aspects of the supported areas. Maintain awareness of industry developments, technology, and trends Reviews design tools, technologies, process, and approaches to make best in practice and innovative recommendations Provides technical support for the database environment and provides guidance to the development team on new service implementations Leads database performance benchmarks and implements performance enhancements Responsible for day-to-day database support and maintenance activities, such as database backups, restores for development env to mission-critical production systems to meet or exceed business and IT needs Develop, manage and support of 24x7 proactive monitoring & alerting of databases environments, working with both cloud and development teams to resolve issues and part of on-call support rotation Logical and physical database design, and documentation where applicable Translation of log files to actionable and measurable tasks Planning and execution of database or database asset migrations, combined with modernization, upgrades, transformation and optimization Responsible for Database Server installation, configuration, and set-up Infrastructure troubleshooting in partnership with the cloud team Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in computer science or other business-related field or equivalent experience 8-10 years of experience as a DBA in a mixed Operating System environment 5+ years of experience on cloud technologies in AWS, Azure or GCP 5+ years of working experience in large enterprise(s) Very strong knowledge and experience in DB performance tuning 5+ years of experience in any three of these respective areas at minimum - MS SQL Server, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Couchbase Hands On experience with SQL Always-On technology Hands On experience with NoSQL Experience of OS administration and Active Directory Knowledge of data modeling concepts Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience with successful project management Ancillary Qualifications: Qualifications listed below, while not necessarily a requirement for this position in each circumstance, provide additional depth and value to the role. Masters degree in related field. MS SQL certifications Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)