Senior Database Engineer

Responsibilities:

Enterprise Database Engineering

• Provide engineering ownership and technical leadership for enterprise Oracle database platforms across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Design, implement, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise database platforms to meet business availability, scalability, security, and resiliency requirements.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, operational governance, technical documentation, and best practices across the Database Engineering organization.
• Drive platform standardization, automation, observability, and engineering excellence to improve service quality and operational efficiency.

Platform Reliability & Operations

• Engineer and support high availability and disaster recovery solutions using Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM, RMAN, GoldenGate, and related enterprise technologies.
• Lead database lifecycle management activities, including provisioning, patching, upgrades, migrations, decommissioning, capacity planning, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Monitor and optimize database performance using Oracle Enterprise Manager, AWR, ASH, ADDM, SQL diagnostics, and operating system analysis.
• Troubleshoot complex database, infrastructure, storage, operating system, and application interaction issues affecting production services.

Engineering Governance & Security

• Lead database security, governance, compliance, audit readiness, privileged access management, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and data protection initiatives.
• Support enterprise architecture reviews, engineering standards, vendor risk assessments, technology governance, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Ensure engineering solutions align with enterprise security, operational, and technology standards.

Technology Modernization

• Lead and support strategic engineering initiatives, including cloud adoption, database modernization, EOSL remediation, automation, Infrastructure as Code, observability, AI-assisted operations, and platform optimization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend engineering improvements that enhance platform reliability, efficiency, and operational maturity.
• Drive continuous service improvement through automation, simplification, and engineering innovation.

Technical Leadership

• Provide senior technical leadership during major incidents, complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and enterprise-wide technical investigations.
• Lead technical engagement with Oracle, Microsoft, cloud providers, managed service partners, and other technology vendors to resolve complex engineering issues.
• Provide engineering consultation and technical leadership for enterprise projects, technology transformations, and solution architecture reviews.
• Mentor engineers, perform technical reviews, and promote engineering excellence across the Database Engineering organization.

Collaboration

• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, application, cybersecurity, architecture, monitoring, service delivery, and project teams to successfully deliver enterprise initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure operational readiness, risk management, and successful project implementation.
• Support Change Management, Major Incident Management, Problem Management, and Continuous Service Improvement activities.

Required Knowledge & Skills and/or Related Experience:

• 8–12+ years of enterprise database engineering, database administration, or infrastructure engineering experience within large global organizations.
• Expert knowledge of Oracle Database technologies including Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM, RMAN, Oracle Enterprise Manager, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and database lifecycle management.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems, storage architecture, networking fundamentals, virtualization, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise environments with strong focus on availability, resiliency, operational excellence, and engineering governance.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical thinking, and root cause analysis capabilities across database, infrastructure, storage, operating system, and application layers.
• Experience leading complex enterprise migrations, modernization initiatives, and cross-functional engineering projects.
• Experience working directly with enterprise software vendors (Oracle, Microsoft, cloud providers, etc.) to investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Experience developing automation using Shell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, EMCLI, Git, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of database security, privileged access management, auditing, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and regulatory compliance.
• Working knowledge of AWS or other cloud database platforms.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and Always On Availability Groups is advantageous.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, project managers, vendors, and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions, mentor engineers, and lead engineering initiatives across global teams.
• Experience supporting ITIL-based service management processes, including Change Management, Major Incident Management, Problem Management, and Operational Governance.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, continuous improvement mindset, and commitment to engineering excellence.