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# Lead Database Engineer

- **Company:** The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
- **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, ARM Architecture, JIRA, CA Workload Automation Ae, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Infrastructure, Data Systems, Relational Databases, Linux, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Azure Active Directory, Ansible, SQL Databases, Snowflake, Grafana, IT Architecture, Data Strategy, Gitlab, AI Platforms, Bug Reporting, Hashicorp, Bitbucket, Terraform, Splunk, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Servicenow
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/dtcc/lead-database-engineer

## About the Role

* Minimum of 6 years of related experience
 * Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

 * Snowflake admin expertise; SnowPro Core certification preferred
 * SQL programming & RDBMS experience (Snowflake, Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
 * Proficiency in Python & Bash on Linux
 * Basic Terraform/Ansible skills
 * CI/CD experience (GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins)
 * Basic AWS IaaS skills (Azure/GCP acceptable)
 * Familiarity with Agile/Scrum & JIRA
 * Knowledge of ITSM processes & ServiceNow

## Description

As an Associate Director of Database Engineering for Snowflake, you will lead with strategic vision to strengthen our data foundation, enhance performance, and drive innovation across the enterprise. By aligning technology initiatives with business objectives you will enable scale, secure high-impact data solutions that accelerate decision making, empower teams, and advance our data strategy with Snowflake in the data cloud ecosystem.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

 * Integrate Snowflake with IAM (Azure AD, Hashicorp Vault)
 * Integrate Snowflake monitoring to observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace)
 * Work with Linux batch scheduling (Autosys or equivalent)
 * Apply FinOps concepts for cost/performance optimization
 * Administer Snowpark containers, Snowpipe streaming, and Cortex AI services
 * Package new Snowflake features for enterprise use
 * Validate non-functional requirements (DR, backup)
 * Collaborate with app teams for seamless integration
 * Use CI/CD tools (GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins)
 * Perform Snowflake & AWS admin via Terraform/Ansible
 * Provide escalated support and consulting
 * Develop documentation, training, and job aids
 * Support DR and operational rotation activities
 * Report defects and coordinate fixes with Snowflake, IT Architecture and Enterprise Services are responsible for enabling digital transformation of DTCC. The group manages complexity of the technology landscape within DTCC and enhances agility, robustness and security of the technology footprint. It does so by serving as the focal point for all technology architectural activities in the organization as well as engineering a portfolio of foundational technology assets to enable our digital transformation.