U.S. Bank National Association

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
<h2>Job Description</h2>
Supervises and develops multi-platform converged enterprise engineering solutions targeted to meet existing, enhanced, and new platform solutions for business and infrastructure services. Leads, directs, or recommends cross-functional team targeted for system enhancements for system performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity. Evaluates product and service solutions.
Key Responsibilities
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<li>Design, administer, and optimize enterprise IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL database environments across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms.</li>
<li>Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Python, Ansible, Terraform, Shell scripting, and APIs to streamline database operations.</li>
<li>Automate critical processes including server provisioning, database deployments, patching, upgrades, certificate management, backup validation, and compliance checks.</li>
<li>Build self-service capabilities that enable users and engineering teams to provision and manage database environments with minimal manual intervention.</li>
<li>Lead database upgrades, migrations, modernization initiatives, and high-availability implementations to improve platform resiliency.</li>
<li>Implement and support AI-driven operational solutions for incident triage, root cause analysis, capacity forecasting, performance diagnostics, and runbook generation.</li>
<li>Establish and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) standards, Git-based workflows, and cloud-native database deployment practices across Azure and AWS environments.</li>
<li>Drive continuous improvement by reducing operational toil, improving service reliability, enhancing observability, and implementing self-healing automation solutions.</li>
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Basic Qualifications 
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience</li>
<li>At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment</li>
<li>At least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure</li>
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Preferred Skills/Experience
<ul>
<li>Strong expertise administering IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL databases, including installation, configuration, upgrades, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and security hardening.</li>
<li>Advanced proficiency in Python development and automation engineering with experience building scalable operational frameworks.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Git, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.</li>
<li>Deep understanding of Linux administration, database replication technologies, clustering, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.</li>
<li>Experience designing and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions in cloud and hybrid environments.</li>
<li>Knowledge of AI/GenAI technologies, machine learning-assisted operations, and intelligent automation applications for database management.</li>
<li>Familiarity with Azure, AWS, cloud-native database platforms, observability tools (Datadog), and monitoring solutions.</li>
<li>Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and ownership mindset with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive operational innovation.</li>
</ul>
Location expectations This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.
Benefits:
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:
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<li>Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)</li>
<li>Basic term and optional term life insurance</li>
<li>Short-term and long-term disability</li>
<li>Pregnancy disability and parental leave</li>
<li>401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan</li>
<li>Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)</li>
<li>Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities</li>
<li>Adoption assistance</li>
<li>Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law</li>
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Review our full benefits available by employment status here.
U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
E-Verify
U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00
U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.
Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.
Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

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