Principal Database Administrator

Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Role

Fidelity Architecture & Engineering's Institutional Brokerage Database Services team is adding a Principal Database Administrator in Boston.

In this role, you will design, engineer, and support highly resilient, high-performing database platforms that power critical business applications. This role focuses on administering and optimizing enterprise database environments, partnering with application teams, and driving database performance, reliability, and scalability initiatives. You will troubleshoot complex production issues, support cloud and distributed database technologies, and establish database standards and best practices. This position offers the opportunity to work with modern database platforms, cloud technologies, automation tools, and emerging technologies across a large-scale enterprise environment.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 8+ years of database administration, database engineering, or database platform support experience; or Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience
• Deep expertise in Oracle database administration, including performance tuning, resiliency engineering, replication, and database architecture
• Experience designing and supporting highly available, scalable database platforms across Linux environments and engineered systems such as Oracle Exadata
• Experience with cloud-hosted database platforms and services; AWS experience preferred
• Working knowledge of additional database technologies such as PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, Snowflake, Cassandra, Microsoft SQL Server, or other distributed databases
• Experience diagnosing and resolving performance issues in Oracle RAC, Exadata, and large-scale database environments
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience using infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Terraform, Chef, or similar technologies
• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, or related tools
• Experience supporting modern software delivery practices, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)
• Strong Linux administration and shell scripting skills preferred
• Ability to develop technical standards, influence engineering practices, and collaborate across technology teams
• Strong communication, documentation, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

The Team

The Institutional Brokerage Database Services team, part of Fidelity Architecture & Engineering, serves as a centralized Database Center of Excellence supporting Fidelity's Institutional business. We design, engineer, and support enterprise database solutions that enable critical business applications and client services across a diverse technology landscape. Our team partners closely with application development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, site reliability engineering, and capacity planning teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable database platforms. We have a relentless commitment to our clients and leverage innovative technologies to help Fidelity deliver exceptional experiences while maintaining the performance, availability, and resiliency of our most important systems.

Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.   

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home.  These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career.  Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.