Principal Database Administrator

Job Description:

The Role

The Fidelity Institutional Technology, Database Center of Excellence (COE), requires a highly proficient and highly motivated Senior Database Administrator with deep technical skills to support meaningful critically important database platforms. This position would provide an excellent opportunity to work on leading database technologies like Oracle, Postgres, NoSQL, Snowflake etc. It is a phenomenal place to experience & learn end to end DBA service capabilities!

This role requires a service-oriented mentality, high sense of ownership of the problems and requests assigned. Provides enormous opportunity to learn groundbreaking technologies like machine learning!

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 15+ years of experience in Oracle Database technologies with very proven understanding of end to end database tech-stack including Exadata and provide technical leadership for strategic projects.
• 3+ years of Cloud experience
• 15+ experience in Oracle Database Administration / Performance Engineering / Relplication Engineering across multiple platforms -- Linux and Engineered systems.
• 1+ experience in DB performance for other database platforms (Postgres, Snowflake, Cassandra, MS SQL server, Netezza etc) across multiple platforms -- Linux and Engineered systems.
• 5+ years of experience in Distributed replication technologies (Oracle Goldengate, EDB Replication, etc), preferred
• Experience with cloud databases platforms (AWS/Azure/Oracle OCI certification is helpful), on both Linux and Windows environments
• Domain specialist in Oracle internals, Optimizer , Statistics management , Partition management , Physical implementation & Workload management for highly scalable and resilient database platforms.
• Sophisticated skills in Query Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid control (OEM 12c), Linux shell scripting, and writing database monitoring jobs in PL/SQL.
• Strong Linux shell scripting experience preferred with a good understanding of Linux Performance
• A good understanding of Oracle RAC related performance challenges
• Ability to work well in a team environment, as well as maintaining a positive demeanor are a must
• Ability to develop and drive database performance standards, standard methodologies and initiatives. AWS cloud experience desired.
• Perform applications database administration (Oracle/Postgres) services including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, database application design, physical data modeling, development support & Engineering.
• Proactively monitor databases servers and respond to any alerts
• Provide database support in all phases of SDLC and agile experience is preferred
• Participate in 24X7 on call rotation schedule for various production support, database maintenance, housekeeping and installs
• Work with enterprise teams for Systems Administrators, Cyber Security and Capacity Planning groups as and when situation demands
• Ability to quickly diagnose the problem areas and come up with solutions and/or workarounds
• Should have strong time leadership skills with willingness and ability to balance multiple projects/initiatives at the same time
• Self-motivated with strong team, interpersonal and communication skills!
• Establish database standards for operations, upgrades, migrations and onboarding new applications and/or clients
• Write clear, concise, well coordinated technical documentation to maintain standards and procedures

The Team

The Fidelity Institutional Technology, Database Center of Excellence (COE), provides business facing database solutions, encompassing the application/business aspects of databases, including database design, solution design, database engineering, application-data-database integration, data replication, performance consulting, deployment, and support, using world-class methodologies & technologies. This team provides end to end DBA services for distributed database technologies like Oracle, Postgres, NoSQL, Snowflake, SQL server, Sybase, MariaDB etc

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Information Technology