[Remote] Senior Platform Engineer :: Bethesda, MD (Hybrid/Remote)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ARK Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with strong software engineering skills and database expertise. The role involves designing, automating, and operating production-scale database platforms while collaborating with various engineering teams to enhance database capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Design and build database infrastructure provisioning modules and automation pipelines
- Implement CI/CD automation for standardized and safe database platform changes
- Enable self-service database capabilities for application teams
- Develop platform tooling for database health, security, and compliance visibility
- Support strategic database migrations and develop migration patterns and standards
- Create guidance artifacts and documentation for supported database platforms
- Collaborate on database architecture, performance, and operational readiness
- Ensure database platforms align with security and compliance standards
- Integrate database services with IAM controls, networking, and configuration management
- Participate in technical discussions, shared documentation, and engineering standards
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science discipline or equivalent professional experience
- 7 years of combined software and infrastructure engineering experience, with hands-on experience in distributed or document-oriented database technology
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (especially Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS)
- Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming or scripting language (Python, Go, or equivalent)
- Experience with Couchbase Server or Couchbase Capella, and/or AWS managed database services
- Experience with event-driven systems, workflow orchestration, and compliance automation tools
- Involvement in large-scale database migrations or backend software development experience
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