Lead Database Engineer

DTCC • Tampa, FL

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance. Pay and Benefits: Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location Pension / Retirement benefits Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee). The Impact you will have in this role: We are seeking a Lead Database Engineer to serve as the primary database architect and engineering lead for DTCC’s new and innovative IT Balanced Scorecard—a first‑of‑its‑kind solution that will be used by the CIO and her directs to run their IT organizations. This role will be instrumental in designing and building the underlying Snowflake database that powers the scorecard, supporting data integrations in partnership with the CLAW team , DTCC’s centralized data warehouse team. You will also collaborate closely with Power BI developers to create a high‑quality, easy‑to‑use, and analytically powerful IT Balanced Scorecard that becomes the authoritative source for Technology Governance metrics. This role will expand over time to support additional dashboards and analytics products across Technology Governance.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Excel and data visualization skills (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or QuickSight).
• Power BI development and testing, including DAX and Power Query
• Experience with data platforms and Snowflake usage optimization
• Talend
• Autosys
• Proficiency in scripting or SQL for custom cost analytics and automation
• JIRA and Agile delivery experience
• Experience developing, validating, and reporting on metrics and KPIs
• Strong communication, leadership and facilitation skills
• Ability to collaborate with diverse technical and non‑technical collaborators
• Thought leadership and the ability to challenge and influence upstream data designs (especially with centralized data teams such as CLAW)
• Strong problem‑solving skills and analytical thinking
• Strategic and analytical problem solver with attention to detail
• Proactive mindset for continuous improvement and innovation

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead database engineer responsible for the end‑to‑end design, development, performance tuning, and maintenance of the IT Balanced Scorecard Snowflake database.
• Partner closely with the CLAW team to understand, challenge, and refine their technical designs and data models to ensure accurate, high‑quality, and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with the Power BI development resource to design data models, optimize performance, and validate visualizations and DAX logic for the IT Balanced Scorecard.
• Expand database engineering support to broader Technology Governance dashboards and metrics programs.
• Apply Agile ways of working: participate in sprint ceremonies, maintain JIRA stories, estimate work, and deliver iterative value.
• Build, document, and implement comprehensive test plans, including data validation, reconciliation, and Power BI dashboard testing.
• Ensure strong data model documentation, reproducibility of pipelines, and alignment to enterprise governance standards.
• Develop SQL, data transformations, and schedule jobs using Talend and Autosys where required.
• Drive continuous improvement in data quality, data lineage, and reliability of metric reporting across Technology Governance.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level