Principal Database Engineer
About The Position
As a Principal Database Engineer, you will design, develop, and implement platforms, systems, and pipelines to enable data capture, access, and analysis. This role combines deep mainframe expertise with cross-platform database support and modernization initiatives, including cloud migration. Locations & Work Arrangement: Candidates must be willing to commute to one of the following hub locations with a hybrid schedule of four days onsite and one day remote per week with flexibility: Phoenix, AZ Johnston, RI - One Citizens Bank Way Westwood, MA - 200 Station Drive Iselin, NJ Plano, TX
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a DBA with strong hands-on expertise in Mainframe Db2 z/OS.
- Proficiency in SQL and performance tuning across multiple platforms.
- Experience supporting SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and AWS RDS.
- Solid understanding of AWS cloud architecture, especially database services such as RDS.
- Familiarity with JCL, Top Secret, TSO/ISPF, and other mainframe utilities.
- Experience with database backup/recovery strategies, high availability, and disaster recovery.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
Nice To Haves
- Extensive experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, Postgres, InfluxDB, Neo4j).
- Understanding of the banking industry, specifically custodial and consumer banking functions.
- Experience with cloud computing technologies, Hadoop ecosystem, and workflow management tools such as Luigi and Airflow.
- Experience with agile development methodology.
- Experience with CICD pipelines (CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent).
- Experience with Elastic Stack or other front-end development tools.
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain Mainframe Db2 z/OS databases, including performance tuning, backup/recovery, and security.
- Provide cross-platform database support for SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and AWS RDS.
- Develop and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and scripts for data analysis and application support.
- Collaborate with application development, infrastructure, and cloud teams to support database integration and modernization efforts.
- Implement and manage database automation, monitoring, and alerting tools.
- Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
- Ensure compliance with data governance, security policies, and audit requirements.
- Lead or contribute to cloud migration projects, particularly involving AWS database services.
- Provide on-call support and incident response for critical database issues.
Benefits
- We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Industry
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
