About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.
Vanguard India
Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.
Role Summary
At Vanguard, technology is integral to helping our clients reach their personal goals. We depend on IT 24/7 to run our investors’ assets. That puts your expertise in Technology Operations at the heart of our business.
As a Database Administrator, you will be joining the Database Operations team supporting Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and AWS database technologies (Postgres, DynamoDB, etc.). You will work with application developers, fellow DBA’s, and IT leadership to improve the efficiency, resiliency, production stability, automation, and reliability of Vanguard’s database infrastructure. The Database Operations team is primarily responsible for ensuring the operational availability/recoverability of all enterprise database platforms. The team is also responsible for administration/maintenance, upgrades/patching, performance tuning and completion of database requests from internal customers.
Responsibilites
• Ensure backup, recovery, security, availability, maintenance and performance of enterprise database technology.
• Create and maintain backup and recovery jobs.
• Resolve database issues and help to determine root cause.
• Perform administration, installation, upgrade, configuration, and patch management of all enterprise database technology.
• Perform on-call support on a rotational basis.
• Provide support during normal business hours to developer requests on a rotational basis.
• Recommend database technology features/functions to application developers.
• Assist with testing and evaluating IT vendor products.
• Review application designs for compliance with production acceptance requirements.
• Provide key technical input and expertise in large scale projects.
Qualifications and Skills
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a database administrator, data modeler, business systems analyst, developer, or in a similar role involving enterprise data platforms
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of five years database administrator experience with Oracle, SQL Server or AWS (Postgres, DynamoDB)
• Certification in Oracle, SQL Server, or AWS, preferred but not required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including interviewing and presentation skills.
• Strong relationship management, analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.
• Broad knowledge of the financial services industry.
• Ability to effectively multi-task.
• Flexibility, strong decision-making skills and effective time management skills.
• Proven ability to work with attention to detail under tight time constraints.
Working knowledge and experience with some or all of the following:
• MS Windows and/or Linux (Redhat) based operating systems
• Virtualization – VMware
• Distributed Computing Hardware Technologies
• Network Technologies – SDN, DNS, Ethernet Fabrics, Firewalls, Load Balancers, WAN, WiFi, etc.
• Directory Services – Active Directory/LDAP
• Backup and disaster recovery testing
• Job scheduling (Control-M)
• ITIL (Incident/Problem Management, CMDB) (ServiceNow)
The ideal candidate should have working knowledge of:
• DBA best practices and concepts: database backup & recovery, database performance tuning, database monitoring, and maintenance.
• Hands on experience of Oracle, SQL Server and AWS (Postgres, DynamoDB) database technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex systems to identify bottlenecks (SQL, IO, hardware, query related, etc.) and resolve database related issues.
• Ability to support multiple releases (e.g., Oracle 12c/18c/19c, Microsoft SQL Server 2016/2019, etc).
• Designing databases and data modeling concepts.
• Automation and scripting skills; PowerShell, Shell Scripting, PL/SQL, T-SQL, etc.
• Working knowledge of Cloud Providers & Solutions / AWS preferred.
• Great communication and documentation skills that leads to internal problem resolutions documents, lessons learned, how to, and knowledge transfer.
• Strong skills with troubleshooting, researching and resolving blocking/deadlocking, connectivity issues, data corruption, security issues etc.
Location
This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard India. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.
Our mission
Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
Our commitment to you
Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life:
Financial wellness
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.
Physical wellness
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.
Personal wellness
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.
How we work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (crew members), designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Skills Required
- Minimum five years of experience as a database administrator, data modeler, business systems analyst, developer, or in a similar enterprise data platform role
- Minimum five years of database administration experience with Oracle, SQL Server, or AWS database technologies
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including interviewing and presentation skills
- Strong relationship management, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, decision-making, multitasking, and time-management skills
- Broad knowledge of the financial services industry
- Ability to work with attention to detail under tight time constraints
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems, virtualization, distributed computing hardware, network technologies, directory services, backup and disaster recovery, job scheduling, and ITIL practices
- Working knowledge of database backup and recovery, performance tuning, monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, database design, and data modeling
- Hands-on experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and AWS database technologies, including PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
- Automation and scripting skills using PowerShell, Shell Scripting, PL/SQL, T-SQL, or similar technologies
- Working knowledge of cloud providers and AWS solutions
- Certification in Oracle, SQL Server, or AWS
- Strong communication and documentation skills for problem-resolution documents, lessons learned, procedures, and knowledge transfer
Vanguard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vanguard and has not been reviewed or approved by Vanguard.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support appears unusually strong through a 401(k) design that includes a match plus an additional employer contribution, which can materially lift long-term total rewards. HSA seeding and an enhanced employer match further strengthen the savings-and-benefits value of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle support is reinforced by a sizable annual FlexFund stipend that can be applied across many day-to-day categories such as fitness, childcare, and other personal expenses. On-site or virtual clinics and fitness options add practical health and wellness convenience.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare and related benefits are positioned as comparatively affordable via heavily subsidized medical plans and broad coverage options. This affordability can offset moderate base pay for employees who place higher value on out-of-pocket cost reductions.
Vanguard Insights
What We Do
We are a community of 30 million who think – and feel – differently about investing. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. Since our founding in 1975, helping our investors achieve their goals is our sole reason for existence. With no other parties to answer to and therefore no conflicting loyalties, we make every decision—like keeping investing costs as low as possible—with only your needs in mind. Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment companies, offering a large selection of high-quality low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, advice, and related services. Individual and institutional investors, financial professionals, and plan sponsors can benefit from the size, stability, and experience Vanguard offers. As of April 30, 2019, we managed more than $5.6 trillion in global assets. In addition, we have 189 funds in the United States and 225 funds in global markets. For Commenting Guidelines & Important information, visit here: http://vanguard.com/linkedin Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.
