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**Director, Database Administration:** Lead mission-critical database engineering, focusing on Oracle (Exadata, GoldenGate), PostgreSQL, and distributed SQL databases. Command 15+ years' experience, 5+ in cloud (AWS/Azure/OCI certifications a plus). Oversee database administration, performance engineering, and replication, driving strategic initiatives and standards. Expertise in query tuning, PL/SQL, Linux shell scripting, and RAC performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams. Fidelity is unable to provide immigration sponsorship.
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Director, Database Administration
Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position
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
15 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
The Skills You Bring
15 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.
The Value You Deliver
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 Team
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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Company overview
Company overview
At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experience.
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