Principal Engineer, Database Platform & SRE - Remote

Lumen Technologies, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for Database Platform Engineering & SRE to lead the transformation from traditional operations to a modern Platform Engineering and SRE model.

You will drive standardization, automation, reliability, and observability across the database estate. This fully remote role within the United States emphasizes cloud readiness and scalable lifecycle management.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in database engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, SRE, cloud engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• Proven experience leading large-scale engineering, automation, operational excellence, or transformation initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience driving standardization, process optimization, reliability improvements, and operational efficiency across large-scale technology platforms.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), automation, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical initiatives and influencing engineering teams.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead the transformation of DBA teams toward Platform Engineering and SRE practices.
• Drive adoption of automation-first and reliability-focused operating models.
• Develop engineering standards, operational processes, and best practices that improve consistency and scale.
• Identify and eliminate repetitive manual activities across database operations.
• Analyze ServiceNow incidents, requests, and recurring work patterns to identify automation opportunities.
• Drive reductions in ticket volume, operational overhead, and technical debt.
• Lead brownfield modernization, standardization, and simplification across database platforms.
• Improve operational consistency, platform resiliency, and migration readiness.
• Establish reusable engineering patterns that support modernization and cloud adoption initiatives.
• Establish automation frameworks, standards, governance, and reusable engineering capabilities.
• Drive Operational automation initiatives and improve provisioning, patching, upgrades, compliance remediation, and workflows through automation.
• Establish proactive monitoring, observability, and performance management practices.
• Drive improvements in platform reliability, availability, resiliency, and operational health.
• Lead initiatives focused on performance optimization, capacity management, and operational risk reduction.
• Develop scalable approaches for patching, upgrades, platform currency, and lifecycle management.
• Improve compliance with security, supportability, and operational standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance across engineering and operational teams.
• Partner with Operations, Security, Cloud, and Architecture teams to operationalize transformation initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Automation

CI/CD

Cross-functional collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWX

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting

Jobbeschreibung

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for Database Platform Engineering & SRE to lead the transformation from traditional operations to a modern Platform Engineering and SRE model.

You will drive standardization, automation, reliability, and observability across the database estate. This fully remote role within the United States emphasizes cloud readiness and scalable lifecycle management.