Who we are looking for

Charles River Development is looking for an experienced Cloud Data Platform Engineer who will focus on designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure required for efficient data processing and analysis. They work closely with data scientists, data engineers, and other stakeholders to understand the organization's data needs and design scalable and reliable data platforms. Data Infrastructure Engineers are responsible for tasks such as data ingestion, storage, transformation, and optimization. They ensure the availability, integrity, and security of data while optimizing performance and scalability. They also collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement data governance policies and data quality standards. 

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining is a part of Charles River Development (or CRD), that became a part of State Street in 2018. CRD helps create enterprise investment management software solutions for large institutions in the areas of institutional investment, wealth management and hedge funds. Together we have created first open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha, that was launched in 2019.

Join us if delivering next generation infrastructure, using emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain sounds like a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

As a Cloud Data Platform Engineer, you will:

• Design and set up highly available platform components on Azure and Snowflake
• Implement and manage the data platforms and integration in Azure
• Desing and Manage replication and transformation technologies
• Develop scripts, workflows, and policies to automate security and compliance efforts
• Infrastructure automation through Terraform, PowerShell, Bash, Logic Apps, ADO, etc.
• Collaborate across functions to develop reference architectures and standards
• Configure and manage the CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps according to best practices
• Balance pragmatism with vision; continually assessing the security posture of cloud applications and deliver improvements to the team’s tools, processes and codebase
• Contribute documentation & collaboration site content to drive knowledge sharing
• Ensure that new cloud solutions properly implement security controls as standards dictate

What we value

• Applied expertise in designing/implementing secure platforms for applications and data
• Thorough understanding of both Windows and Linux-based infrastructure
• A passion for learning about emerging technologies and sharing knowledge
• Experience documenting technology standards, operational procedures, and requirements

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or analytical field required, Master’s preferred
• Hands on experience managing Snowflake environments
• Hands on experience administering replication tools like Qlik , Fivetran etc
• Hands on experience with ETL tools like TalenD
• Hands on experience with reporting and semantic layer tools
• Five years of cloud deployment experience, preferred with Azure experiences
• Demonstrated cloud deployment experiences using standard CI/CD pipeline
• Working experience with highly segmented networks in public and private clouds.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies in Azure or any other cloud platform
• Excellent communication, documentation and troubleshooting skills
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Additional requirements

Work experience in multiple public clouds preferred