Senior Cloud Database Engineer

• We are seeking a Senior Cloud Database Engineer with 5 years of experience to join our Platform Engineering team.
• This role focuses on defining strategy, architecture, and standardized "golden paths" for cloud databases and the AI journey on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• This position extends beyond traditional database administration.
• You will act as a technical leader and pattern owner, shaping the vision and roadmap for our database platform.
• A key focus is embedding AI/GenAI capabilities (e.g., Gemini Enterprise, Model Context Protocol, Dataplex, and Knowledge Catalog) into how engineering teams design, build, secure, and operate intelligent data systems at scale.
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

• AI-Driven Database Innovation GenAI Productivity: Lead adoption of Gemini Enterprise for tasks such as query generation, debugging, and schema optimization.
• Contextual AI Patterns: Define patterns for integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) with databases for contextual AI interactions.
• Intelligent Automation: Identify and implement AI-driven automation across the lifecycle, including capacity planning, anomaly detection, and self-tuning.
• AI/ML Collaboration: Partner with AI/ML teams to embed ML, statistical models, and GenAI into data platform strategies.
• Agent Development: Build intelligent agents on database AI frameworks to deliver business value, improve fault detection, and reduce OLTP costs.
• Metadata, Governance & Compliance Metadata & Discovery: Establish enterprise standards for metadata, including tagging, classification, lineage, and discoverability.
• Data-as-a-Product: Promote well-documented, discoverable, and consumable datasets.
• Security & Compliance: Align with frameworks such as GDPR and HIPAA; manage GCP IAM, service accounts, role bindings, and encryption. Implement secure agent practices (e.g., OBO, authorization).
• Database SRE & Performance Engineering SRE: Apply reliability practices to ensure availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
• Performance Tuning: Lead query optimization, indexing strategies, and troubleshooting across distributed systems.
• DevSecOps: Enable secure CI/CD pipelines for database code and configurations.
• Database Architecture, IaC & Platform Strategy Define Golden Paths: Establish scalable, secure, self-service database architectures and roadmaps on GCP.
• Infrastructure as Code: Build and maintain Terraform templates for automated provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Multi-Engine & Serverless Integration: Architect across SQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AlloyDB, Spanner) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Firestore, Bigtable, Memorystore, Neo4j) with Cloud Functions and Cloud Run.
• Data Modeling & ETL: Develop complex data models and reliable ETL pipelines integrating multiple data sources.
• Cross-Team Leadership & Enablement Thought Leadership: Advise engineering, data, and AI teams on best practices.
• Culture & Mentorship: Foster an AI-assisted, platform-first culture and mentor engineers.
  
  

Required Qualifications Experience:

• 5 years in database engineering with GCP AI enablement focus. AI/GenAI
• Familiarity: Experience with Gemini Enterprise (or similar) and understanding of MCP or equivalent patterns.
• Data Governance: Experience with Dataplex and Knowledge Catalog for metadata and lineage.
• Multi-Engine Proficiency: Hands-on experience with GCP databases including Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, Firestore, Memorystore, MongoDB, and BigQuery.
• Security & DevSecOps: Knowledge of GCP IAM, encryption, and CI/CD practices.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications Platform Engineering:

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
• Certifications: GCP Professional Cloud Database Engineer or Data Engineer.
• Automation & Coding: Proficiency in Terraform and programming (Python/Java).
• Cloud-Native Ecosystems: Experience with Kubernetes (GKE) and database operators.
• Advanced Analytics: Understanding of statistical analysis, data modeling, and ML libraries.
  
  

Skills Required:

• GCP
  
  

Skills Preferred:

• Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems
  
  

Experience Required:

• Engineer Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang.
• 6 years in IT;
• 4 years in development
  
  

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree
  
  

Education Preferred:

• Certification Program
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• AI-Driven Database Innovation GenAI Productivity: Lead the adoption of Gemini Enterprise for database engineering productivity (e.g., automated query writing, debugging, and schema optimization).
• Contextual AI Patterns: Define and implement patterns for integrating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with databases to enable seamless, contextual AI interactions.
• Intelligent Automation: Identify and deploy AI-driven automation opportunities across the database lifecycle, including predictive capacity planning, anomaly detection, and self-tuning.
• AI/ML Collaboration: Partner with AI/ML teams to embed machine learning libraries, statistical modeling, and GenAI capabilities into broader data platform strategies.
• Agent Development: Build agents on top of database AI framework that drive business value fault detection and cost reduction in the OLTP space at source and instant value realization.
  
  

Additional Info:

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Our Benefits Are Second To None And Thanks To Our flexible Benefit Options You Can Choose The Benefits You Need Or Want, Options Include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
  
  

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

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