Senior Director of Database Infrastructure

1 week ago


Mountain View, California, United States LinkedIn Full time
Job Description

At LinkedIn, we're committed to helping professionals achieve their career goals. As a Senior Director of Database Infrastructure, you'll play a critical role in leading our database systems team to design, implement, and optimize our database infrastructure.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our database infrastructure, encompassing relational databases, graph databases, core analytics, caching, and serving.
  • Oversee the storage of mission-critical data, including economic graph data, connections, and related logic.
  • Develop and execute a strategy to consolidate fragmented database efforts across different organizational units.
  • Ensure efficient sharing and integration across multiple database platforms.
  • Take responsibility for all structured data within the organization.
  • Establish and enforce best practices for database infrastructure operations, including monitoring, automation, disaster recovery, and security protocols.
  • Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) practices for configuration management and deployment.
  • Maintain a deep understanding of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in database infrastructure, data processing, and analytics.
  • Drive innovation and adoption of new tools and frameworks to enhance our data capabilities.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineers specialized in database infrastructure and data processing.
Requirements:
  • 10+ years of work experience in the technical field.
  • 6+ years of technical leadership experience leading teams of ~80+.
  • 5+ years of technical knowledge surrounding large-scale databases (structured, distributed, relational, graph, etc).
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the database infrastructure roadmap aligned with our business objectives and data strategy.
  • Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), Linux-based systems, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor technical teams, drive technical initiatives, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
  • Experience with various types of databases, including structured, relational, graph, key-value stores, NoSQL, and MongoDB.
  • Ability to develop and implement strategies for consolidating database systems and finding efficiencies.
  • Ability to work in large tech migrations and handle ambiguity.
What We Offer:
  • A competitive salary range of $238,000 to $390,000.
  • An annual performance bonus.
  • Stock and benefits.

Please visit our website for more information on our benefits and compensation packages.



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