Principal Data Platform Engineer

At Siemens, we help organizations transform maintenance and operations through connected insights, AI-powered technology, and intelligent asset management solutions. Our software enables customers to manage the full lifecycle of assets, facilities, and infrastructure while improving efficiency, reducing risk, and optimizing long-term investments. By connecting data, people, and processes, we empower organizations to make smarter decisions, maximize asset performance, and achieve more resilient operations.

We are seeking an experienced Principal Data Platform Engineer (DPE) to lead the evolution of AMS’ database function from traditional DBA operations to a modern, cloud-native, automation-first database engineering capability. This is a player/coach role responsible for leading the DbOps team while also helping design and implement major database reliability, modernization, automation, and platform initiatives.

The successful candidate will combine deep database expertise with cloud engineering, reliability engineering, DevOps practices, AI-assisted operations, and strong people leadership. This role partners closely with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Security, SRE, and Cloud Operations to deliver reliable, secure, cost-effective, and scalable database platforms.

Core Responsibilities:

• Help modernize the DbOps practices, including prioritization, technical direction, and development.
• Adopt AI-assisted operations for predictive monitoring, performance insights, capacity forecasting, incident analysis, documentation, and migration acceleration.
• Report objectives, deliverables, risks, progress, and business outcomes to stakeholders and leadership.
• Develop database reliability practices, including availability, performance, observability, operational health, and customer-impact prevention.
• Build and mature self-service database capabilities that reduce manual dependency while maintaining security, governance, and standardization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7-10 years of experience in database administration, engineering, reliability, or cloud database operations.
• Strong troubleshooting, incident response, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with CI/CD, source control, database deployment tools, and scripting/programming (PowerShell, Bash, Python; C# or Go is a plus).
• Experience with Database SRE/DBRE/DbOps/platform engineering and self-service database platforms.
• Experience with AI-assisted operations, monitoring, performance optimization, migrations, and code remediation.
• Experience leading database modernization, cloud migration, consolidation, or open-source adoption while aligning database strategy with business goals.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Why us?

Working at Siemens Software means flexibility - Choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here. We offer great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software. A collection of over 377,000 minds building the future one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us shape tomorrow!

Our Benefits & Rewards

The salary range for this position is $44,000 to $96,700 and this role is eligible to earn incentive compensation. The actual compensation offered is based on the successful candidate's job-related skills, experience, and relevant education/training. Siemens offers health and wellness benefits to employees; you can access the benefits available in your country via the link: https://jobs.sw.siemens.com/benefits/

We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the every day with us.

Siemens Software. Transform the Every day.