SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Durham
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description:

The Role

The Fidelity Institutional Technology, Database Center of Excellence (COE), requires a highly proficient and highly motivated Senior Database Administrator with deep technical skills to support complicated critically important database platforms. This position would provide an excellent opportunity to work on leading database technologies like Oracle, Postgres, NoSQL, Snowflake etc. It is a phenomenal place to experience & learn end to end DBA service capabilities!

This role requires a service-oriented mentality, high sense of ownership of the problems and requests assigned. Provides enormous opportunity to learn groundbreaking technologies like machine learning!

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform applications database administration (Oracle) services including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, database application design, physical data modeling, development support & Engineering.
• Proactively monitor databases servers and respond to any alerts
• Provide database support in all phases of SDLC and agile experience is preferred
• Participate in 24X7 on call rotation schedule for various production support, database maintenance, housekeeping and installs
• Talk to enterprise teams for Systems Administrators, Cyber Security and Capacity Planning groups as and when situation demands
• Ability to quickly diagnose the problem areas and come up with solutions and/or workarounds
• Should have strong time leadership skills with willingness and ability to prioritise 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 coordinated technical documentation to maintain standards and procedures
• B.S./B.A. in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent
• 6+ years of experience in Oracle DBA with Exadata and RAC expertise
• 3+ years of experience in Postgres DBA support
• 2+ years of DBA experience in other DBMS systems (MariaDB , SQL Server and Snowflake) is preferred
• 2+ years of experience in Distributed replication technologies (Oracle Goldengate, EDB Replication, etc), preferred but not mandatory
• 2+ years of experience in the Mutual Fund /Financial Services industry is highly desired
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud (AWS/OCI/Azure)
• 6+ experience in Oracle RAC database administration across multiple platformsLinux and Engineered systems.
• Experience with cloud databases platforms (AWS/Azure certification is preferred), on both Linux and Windows environments
• 3+ experience in Postgres database administration across multiple platformsLinux and Cloud.
• Experience in setting up, installing and managing multisite databases using Oracle replication technologies
• Advanced skills in SQL Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid control (OEM 12c), Linux shell scripting, and writing database monitoring jobs in PL/SQL.
• Strong Linux shell scripting experience preferred
• Ability to work well in a team environment, as well as maintaining a flexible attitude are a must
• Ability to develop and drive database administration strategies and initiatives as per the needs of the team
  The Team
  
  The Fidelity Institutional Technology, Database Center of Excellence (COE), provides business facing database solutions, encompassing the application/business aspects of databases, including database design, solution design, database engineering, application-data-database integration, data replication, performance consulting, deployment, and support, using world-class methodologies & technologies. This team provides end to end DBA services for distributed database technologies like Oracle, Postgres, NoSQL, Snowflake, SQL server, Sybase, MariaDB etc.
  
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  Company Overview
  
  Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.
  
  Join Us
  
  At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2022. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
  
  Many of our associates are continuing to work remotely temporarily due to COVID-19. When Fidelity employees eventually return to the office, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we're calling ""Dynamic Working.""
  
  We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.
  
  Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
  
  Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

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