Lead Database Platform Engineer
Chicago (Green St), IL Hybrid
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About the role
CCC Intelligent Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Lead Database Platform Engineer to drive the strategy, architecture, reliability, and modernization of our enterprise database ecosystem. This role will serve as the technical leader for a team of database engineers responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting mission-critical data platforms that power our products and business operations. As a key member of the infrastructure and platform organization, you will partner closely with Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Architecture, and Product Development teams to ensure our database platforms are secure, highly available, scalable, and operationally efficient. The role also participates in a 24x7 operational support model, including incident response, change management, disaster recovery planning, and platform modernization initiatives.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 8+ years of experience supporting enterprise-scale, mission-critical database environments.
- Proven experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers in complex operational environments.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and drive cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
- Experience leading complex infrastructure, cloud, or database modernization initiatives.
- Experience managing database upgrades, patching strategies, and platform lifecycle management.
- Experience supporting audit, compliance, and security controls, including SOC-related requirements.
- Strong knowledge of disaster recovery planning, business continuity, and high-availability architectures.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience administering and optimizing Microsoft SQL Server environments.
- 5+ years of experience with cloud-hosted database technologies including AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, Azure SQL PaaS, and Azure Hyperscale.