Head of Database Platform Engineering (Hybrid Cloud)

LPL Financial; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 155,300 - 258,800; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a Lead Database Manager to head the MS SQL team and shape enterprise data platform strategy across cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. As a senior leader in Infrastructure and Operations, you will define the next-generation data architecture and drive scalable solutions.

This is a people-manager role overseeing a mix of full-time, contract, and Managed Service resources. Responsibilities include building a high-performing team, modernizing data platforms, and ensuring

Qualifications

• 10+ years of data solution architecture, design, development and platform engineering experience, SQL Server expert.
• 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in large global financial institutions.
• 5+ years leading migration of data platforms to cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead infrastructure platform engineering for SQL Server environment.
• Drive database platform modernization supporting always-on enterprise apps.
• Implement IaC to enable self-service and reduce handoffs.
• Collaborate on a multi-year technology strategy to simplify architecture.
• Provide Tier 2/3 engineering support and vendor escalation.

Skills

SQL Server

Always On

Oracle

PostgreSQL

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

AWS

Data warehousing

Tableau

Big data

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

CloudFormation

Jira

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a Lead Database Manager to head the MS SQL team and shape enterprise data platform strategy across cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. As a senior leader in Infrastructure and Operations, you will define the next-generation data architecture and drive scalable solutions.

This is a people-manager role overseeing a mix of full-time, contract, and Managed Service resources. Responsibilities include building a high-performing team, modernizing data platforms, and ensuring