The Role
The Institutional Brokerage Database Services Center of Excellence (COE) COE is seeking a highly capable and motivated Director of Database Engineering and Administration to lead the design and delivery of database engineering solutions for mission-critical platforms.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with leading database technologies, including Oracle, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, SingleStore, NoSQL, and Snowflake. It is ideal for building and applying end-to-end database service expertise, with a strong emphasis on application database administration and solution design. The position requires a creative mindset and a strong sense of ownership for assigned problems and requests, while providing significant exposure to cutting-edge technologies across the broader database landscape.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring- 12+ years of deep experience in Oracle database technologies, with a proven end-to-end understanding of the database stack, including Exadata, PostgreSQL, and distributed SQL databases, along with strong technical leadership on strategic initiatives. Experience with Db2 is an added advantage.
- 5+ years of cloud experience
- 12+ years of experience in Oracle database administration, performance engineering, and replication engineering across Linux and engineered systems.
- 3+ years of database performance experience on additional platforms, including PostgreSQL, Snowflake, CockroachDB, SingleStore, and Microsoft SQL Server, across Linux and engineered systems.
- 5+ years of experience with distributed replication technologies (for example, Oracle Golden Gate, HVR and EDB Replication); preferred.
- Experience with cloud database platforms; AWS, Azure, or Oracle OCI certification is a plus.
- Deep domain expertise in Oracle internals, optimizer behavior, statistics management, partitioning, physical implementation, and workload management for highly scalable, resilient database platforms.
- Advanced skills in query performance tuning and optimization, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Linux shell scripting, and building database monitoring jobs using PL/SQL.
- Strong Linux shell scripting skills, with a solid understanding of Linux performance, preferred.
- Strong understanding of Oracle RAC performance challenges.
- Proven ability to work effectively in team environments while maintaining a positive, collaborative attitude.
- Ability to define and drive database performance standards, best practices, and improvement initiatives; AWS cloud experience is desired.
- Perform applications database administration services including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, database application design, physical data modeling, development support and 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
- 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!
- 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
The Institutional Brokerage Database Services Center of Excellence (COE), delivers business-facing database solutions that cover the full application and business lifecycle of data platforms, including database design, solution engineering, database engineering, application-data-database integration, replication, performance consulting, deployment, and support, using world-class methodologies and technologies. The team provides end-to-end database services across a broad set of platforms, including Db2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, CockroachDB, Singlestore, DynamoDB, Aerospike, and Snowflake.
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Skills Required
- 12+ years of deep experience in Oracle database technologies including Exadata, internals, optimizer behavior, partitioning, and workload management
- 12+ years of Oracle database administration, performance engineering, and replication engineering across Linux and engineered systems
- 5+ years of cloud experience with cloud database platforms (AWS, Azure, or Oracle OCI)
- 3+ years of database performance experience on PostgreSQL, Snowflake, CockroachDB, SingleStore, and Microsoft SQL Server
- 5+ years experience with distributed replication technologies (Oracle GoldenGate, HVR, EDB Replication)
- Advanced skills in query performance tuning, Oracle Enterprise Manager, building database monitoring jobs using PL/SQL
- Strong Linux shell scripting skills and understanding of Linux performance
- Strong understanding of Oracle RAC performance challenges
- Experience with Db2, DynamoDB, and Aerospike (class of additional platform experience)
- Ability to lead POCs, define database standards, write technical documentation, and collaborate with cross-functional enterprise teams
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Bonuses, commissions, and profit-sharing are presented as generous and meaningful components of total compensation, with certain roles achieving high total earnings through multiple pay streams. Variable pay is consistently framed as a positive contributor beyond base salary.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match up to 7% alongside additional profit-sharing up to 10% materially enhances long-term compensation. These retirement features are highlighted as standout strengths of the overall package.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leave (16 weeks maternity, 12 weeks parental), backup dependent care, and adoption assistance provide robust family support. Hybrid work and caregiving resources further ease family responsibilities.
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