Senior Database Platform Engineer (Declarative, GitOps)

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. is looking for a Senior Database Platform Engineer to join their Database Engineering team in New York City. The role focuses on designing, building, and operating the database platform with a commitment to declarative, state-based deployments.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SQL Server and Snowflake, proficiency with Terraform, and experience in CI/CD processes. Responsibilities include designing workloads, implementing high-availability solutions, and driving best practices in database deployments.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in SQL Server with performance tuning and security hardening.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake for data modelling and optimization.
• Proficiency in Terraform for database infrastructure provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate SQL Server and Snowflake workloads.
• Implement high-availability solutions across SQL Server and Snowflake.
• Drive declarative database deployment practices.

Skills

Expertise in SQL Server

Experience with Snowflake

Familiarity with Terraform

PowerShell and/or Python skills

CI/CD processes and GitOps workflows

Tools

Flyway

Liquibase

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. is looking for a Senior Database Platform Engineer to join their Database Engineering team in New York City. The role focuses on designing, building, and operating the database platform with a commitment to declarative, state-based deployments.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SQL Server and Snowflake, proficiency with Terraform, and experience in CI/CD processes. Responsibilities include designing workloads, implementing high-availability solutions, and driving best practices in database deployments.