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Principal Database Engineer

DTCC
Boston, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/30/2025

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Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits :

  • Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
  • Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
  • Retirement benefits
  • Paid Time Off and other leave of absence
  • DTCC offers a flexible / hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (Onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day of your choosing)

The Impact you will have in this role :

The Database Engineering team is responsible for handling the Distributed Databases, Automation, and Business intelligence technologies.

Your Primary Responsibilities :

The Principal Database Engineer is part of the Aurora PostgreSQL Database team and responsibilities include :

  • Develop standards and procedures for AWS Aurora PGS database in the Cloud
  • Work on all aspects of database administration (DBA) including life cycle management (Upgrades, Patching etc)
  • Be available for production DBA on-call support on a rotation basis
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize PGS database to ensure high availability, performance, and security
  • Operate in an agile software delivery methodology environment that is highly passionate about developing, deploying, and improvising AWS Aurora Postgres database implementation
  • Collaborate with support teams to fix and resolve AWS Aurora PGS database issues
  • Implement and test disaster recovery and business continuity architecture as it relates to the database implementation
  • Align risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk
  • Contribute to Cloud strategy discussions and decisions on overall Cloud design and best approach for implementing Cloud Data solutions
  • Know the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve the Database automation process (Jenkins / Gitlab, Python, Terraform etc)
  • Enforce standard processes on Incident, Problem and Change management
  • Research, design, document and implement new solutions independently
  • NOTE : The Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.

    Qualifications :

  • Minimum of 8-10 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree and / or equivalent experience
  • Talents Needed for Success :

  • Must have hands on experience with the following :
  • AWS Aurora Postgres version 12 and above

  • Solid grasp of Postgres DB architecture
  • Provisioning of Aurora Postgres regional and Global clusters
  • Crafting additional reader instances
  • User administration including audit, performance tuning using QPM
  • DB upgrades and Patching
  • Experience implementing monitoring solution using AWS metrics and custom monitoring for Aurora Postgres
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform
  • Good to have experience in developing scripts using Python
  • Proven experience with CICD Pipelines (Jenkins, Gitlab etc)
  • Good knowledge of operating systems (Unix / Linux)
  • Solid Understanding of AWS Cloud architecture
  • Knowledge of Oracle Database is a plus
  • Experience automating Database provisioning in AWS Cloud environment is nice to have
  • Able to handle tasks and projects independently with minimum guidance and directions
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a sophisticated environment to seek out business and customer needs and provide the best solution needed
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