Director, Data Engineering

Fidelity Investments • Westlake, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Institutional Brokerage Database Services Center of Excellence (COE) is looking for a highly competent and highly motivated Director of Database Engineering & Administration with strong technical skills to build database engineering solutions for mission critical database platforms. This position would provide an excellent opportunity to work on leading database technologies like Oracle, Postgres, Distributed SQL, NoSQL, Snowflake etc. It is a great place to experience & learn end to end database service capabilities focused on application database administration & solutioning. This role requires a creative mindset, high sense of ownership of the problems and requests assigned. Provides enormous opportunity to learn cutting edge technologies in the vast database technology landscape.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in Oracle Database technologies with very proven understanding of end to end database tech-stack including Exadata, Postgres, Distributed SQL Databases and provide technical leadership for strategic projects.
• 5+ years of Cloud experience
• 15+ experience in Oracle Database Administration / Performance Engineering / Replication Engineering across multiple platforms -- Linux and Engineered systems.
• 1+ experience in DB performance for other database platforms (Postgres, Snowflake, CockroachDB, MS SQL server, etc.) across multiple platforms -- Linux and Engineered systems.
• 5+ years of experience in Distributed replication technologies (Oracle Goldengate, EDB Replication, etc), preferred
• 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, Oracle Enterprise Manager, 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 attitude are a must
• Ability to develop and drive database performance standards, standard methodologies and initiatives.
• Should have strong time management skills with willingness and ability to handle multiple projects/initiatives at the same time
• Self-motivated with strong team, interpersonal and communication skills!

Nice To Haves

• Db2 experience adds value as well.
• Experience with cloud databases platforms (AWS/Azure/Oracle OCI certification is helpful)
• AWS cloud experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Perform applications database administration services including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, database application design, physical data modeling, development support & Engineering.
• Lead proof of concept efforts to evaluate and enable new technology solutions
• Interface with enterprise teams for Systems Administrators, Cyber Security and Capacity Planning groups as and when situation demands
• Establish database standards for operations, upgrades, migrations and onboarding new applications and/or clients
• Write clear, concise, well organized technical documentation to maintain standards and procedures

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed