Senior DB engineer

U.S. Bank National Association • Irving, TX

2d • $119,765 - $140,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

U.S. Bank is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in distributed databases to support our platform modernization and cloud transformation initiatives. This role will focus on building scalable CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure, and ensuring high availability and performance for distributed database systems such as YugabyteDB and Cassandra.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant experience
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipeline development (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible or similar)
• Strong experience working with distributed databases such as YugabyteDB, Cassandra, or similar NoSQL platforms
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Solid understanding of system reliability, scalability, and high-availability architectures
• Experience troubleshooting production issues and performing root cause analysis

Nice To Haves

• Experience benchmarking distributed database platforms (e.g., YBA, NoSQLBench)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and Kubernetes-based deployments
• Knowledge of resilience engineering and chaos testing practices

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for database operations, deployments, and system integrations
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible to provision and manage environments
• Drive automation across build, deployment, and monitoring processes to improve efficiency and reliability
• Configure and maintain monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to track system health and performance
• Lead incident management efforts, including troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing preventive measures
• Evaluate and benchmark databases to determine the best fit for specific use cases (e.g., YugabyteDB, Cassandra)
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available and scalable distributed database clusters
• Optimize data models and queries to ensure performance in distributed environments
• Develop and execute backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies
• Implement resilience and high-availability practices to ensure data integrity and system reliability
• Establish observability frameworks with end-to-end dashboards and alerting mechanisms
• Ensure replication and consistency strategies align with business and application requirements

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree