ZonForce Technology · 13 hours ago
Database Platform Engineer
Minnetonka, MN
Contract
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelZonForce Technology is seeking a Database Platform Engineer responsible for designing, automating, and operating enterprise database platforms. The role focuses on ensuring reliability, scalability, and delivery enablement while collaborating with cloud engineering, DevOps, and application teams.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Implement and evolve Snowflake account, environment, and workload architectures aligned with defined platform standards and architectural direction
Support enterprise database platforms including CosmosDB, Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL through shared automation patterns and operational practices
Define and enforce database platform standards for reliability, performance, and maintainability
Own and evolve CICD patterns for database platforms enabling safe, repeatable, and automated delivery across environments
Design and implement infrastructure such as code and database change automation using tools such as Terraform, Liquibase, and Git based workflows
Automate environment provisioning, onboarding, and access workflows to reduce manual processes and delivery friction
Ensure consistency across development, test, and production environments
Partner with cloud engineering teams to integrate database platforms with Azure networking, identity, and security architectures
Support cloud first and hybrid database deployment models aligned with enterprise standards
Enable secure and scalable connectivity between database platforms and downstream applications and data services
Implement database replication, failover, and recovery patterns to meet defined recovery objectives
Develop disaster recovery runbooks, validation procedures, and testing practices
Participate in resiliency testing and continuous improvement of recovery strategies
Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational visibility for database platforms including performance, capacity, and cost usage
Support incident response and root cause analysis for database platform issues
Reduce operational toil through automation and improved platform standards
Document operational patterns, runbooks, and platform requirements
Act as a technical lead who influences platform direction and adoption
Partner with application, data, cloud, and security teams to remove delivery bottlenecks related to database platforms
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and database administrators
Qualification
Required
Experience with Snowflake as an analytics database platform
Experience with enterprise database platforms including PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, Oracle, and SQL Server
Strong understanding of database platform standards for reliability, performance, and maintainability
Experience with CICD patterns for database platforms
Proficiency in infrastructure as code and database change automation using tools such as Terraform, Liquibase, and Git based workflows
Experience in automating environment provisioning, onboarding, and access workflows
Knowledge of Azure networking, identity, and security architectures
Experience with cloud first and hybrid database deployment models
Ability to implement database replication, failover, and recovery patterns
Experience in developing disaster recovery runbooks, validation procedures, and testing practices
Experience with monitoring, alerting, and operational visibility for database platforms
Ability to support incident response and root cause analysis for database platform issues
Experience in documenting operational patterns, runbooks, and platform requirements
Ability to act as a technical lead and influence platform direction and adoption
Experience in providing technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and database administrators
Company
ZonForce Technology
Zonforce Technology is a professional staffing and solutions firm specializing in diverse industries, including IT, Government, Insurance and Financial Services, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Clinical Research.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase