Senior Database Administrator

Join Hamilton Lane, a global leader in private markets, as we scale to meet the demands of our growing client base. Here, you’ll work with ambitious, high‑performing teams built on integrity, candor and collaboration, backed by our market-leading data and technology. We invest heavily in our people and our partners, giving you the platform to enrich lives, safeguard futures and grow your career.  
 
What We Do 
As one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, we provide innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world, specializing in flexibility and full-spectrum access. We currently employ approximately 800 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and have $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $146.1 billion in discretionary assets and $871.5 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of December 31, 2025.  

The Opportunity:

This role will engage across a full featured data process where disparate data sources are collected, collated and controlled to deliver direct value to internal and external technology solutions. The primary product under development, Cobalt (www.cobaltlp.com) is an industry leading diligence and analytics platform for the private markets. This opportunity is a DBA focused role to join an entrepreneurial spirited team set within a successful, supportive and innovate market leader. At Hamilton Lane, we are dedicated to delivering technology-driven solutions to our clients and your work will be directly and responsively visible.

We hire with the anticipation that all team members contribute across our entire technology stack. We seek skill, aptitude, drive to learn and culture fit. Your energy and drive to tackle new challenges with autonomy in a collaborative team environment will foster foundations for strong tailwinds in this mid-career position. Platform and architectural contributions, mentorship and best practice guidance, along with cross-team collaboration and communication are keys to success in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary DBA for Snowflake and SQL Server (including Azure SQL Managed Instance and Managed Instance Pools), with capacity to extend support to other critical business systems (e.g., Tidal scheduler) as priorities evolve
• Monitor database performance, query efficiency, and resource utilization; optimize slow-running queries, warehouse configurations, and SQL Server indexing, execution plans, and instance and pool resource utilization
• Manage user access, roles, and security policies in alignment with organizational compliance requirements
• Establish and execute backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and business continuity procedures for Snowflake, SQL Server, and Managed Instance Pools
• Oversee data loading processes (ELT/ETL) and job scheduling (including Tidal) and ensure data quality and integrity
• Manage cost optimization through warehouse sizing, clustering strategies, Managed Instance Pool and vCore sizing, licensing, and resource allocation
• Coordinate Snowflake, SQL Server, Managed Instance Pool, and other supported platform upgrades and apply patches while minimizing downtime
• Document database schemas, configurations, standards, and operational procedures
• Provide technical support to developers, analysts, and end users; mentor team on best practices
• Monitor and respond to system alerts and incidents across Snowflake, SQL Server, Managed Instance Pools, and supported systems; maintain uptime SLAs
• Partner with HL's Cobalt business unit to support its database, data platform, and operational needs as required

Must-haves:

• 5+ years as a Database Administrator with 3+ years of hands-on experience each in Snowflake and SQL Server
• Expert knowledge of Snowflake architecture, clustering, data sharing, and security features
• Strong working knowledge of SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance administration, including Managed Instance Pools (provisioning, sizing, networking, high availability, and security)
• Strong SQL and T-SQL skills and query optimization experience
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure and data warehouse design patterns
• Experience with backup/recovery and disaster recovery planning
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT tools, enterprise job schedulers, and data pipeline management
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD practices for database changes
   

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with Azure SQL Database and migrating on-premises SQL Server workloads to Managed Instance Pools
• Experience with Tidal Scheduler or comparable enterprise workload automation tools
• Snowflake certification (SnowPro Core or Administrator) and/or Microsoft certification (e.g., Azure Database Administrator Associate)
• Knowledge of BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI)
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages for automation
• Familiarity with data governance and metadata management tools
• Exposure to financial services or private markets data environments, including HL's Cobalt business

Benefits

At Hamilton Lane, our benefits philosophy is simple: to provide our employees with a competitive suite of benefits and services to help navigate through the complexities and challenges of working, living, raising a family, and eventually retiring. To do this, Hamilton Lane offers the following benefits:

Enhancing Your Physical and Emotional Health

Employees have access to healthcare coverage, mental health resources, health & fitness reimbursement program, and Wellness Rewards Program.

Developing Your Career

Tuition and certification reimbursement programs are available, along with continual education and development trainings for you to grow with Hamilton Lane.

Supporting Your Family & Community

For our communities, Hamilton Lane provides paid time off to volunteer and compensates for referring qualified candidates that join our team.

For growing family, we offer an adoption reimbursement program, paid time off for new parents and newlyweds, and provide travel support for nursing parents.

Safeguarding Your Financial Wellbeing

Hamilton Lane contributes to retirement programs and offers an employee stock purchasing plan.

Hamilton Lane is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other classification prohibited by applicable law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at [email protected].

Hamilton Lane is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Hamilton Lane via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Hamilton Lane. No fee shall be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Hamilton Lane as a result of the referral or through other means.