Principal Database Engineer

DTCC • Tampa, FL

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance. DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind. Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC’s business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC’s mission to support the financial markets.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Hands‑on experience with AWS RDS for Oracle, Oracle Database on AWS and AWS services (CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, VPC, S3, EBS, EC2)
• Strong knowledge of PL/SQL coding standards, performance tuning, and database internals
• Experience with OEM, Grafana, Goldengate and related database tooling
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and DevOps collaboration models
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Maven, and Jira
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Shell, Python, Ansible, Terraform)
• Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, and performance‑driven architecture
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams
• Deep expertise in Oracle RAC, Exadata, DataGuard and Oracle ZDLRA

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a distributed DBA engineering team (multiple direct reports)
• Operational leader for Database Engineering (incidents, escalations, stability)
• Serve as the day-to-day operations lead for Database Engineering
• Own and manage production escalations, major incidents, and resolution coordination
• Support ongoing delivery, releases, and engineering initiatives
• Resolve complex issues involving multiple dependencies
• Architect, design, and implement Oracle databases on AWS RDS to ensure data integrity, security, and near‑continuous availability for critical financial applications
• Perform database migrations from on‑premises Oracle platforms to AWS RDS, ensuring performance, resiliency, and compliance post‑migration
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize database performance using AWR/ASH, RDS Performance Insights, CloudWatch, and OEM to meet Tier‑0/Tier‑1 SLAs
• Supporting applications using Data guard, RAC, and Goldengate microservices.
• Develop, review, and optimize database code including PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, materialized views, and complex SQL
• Implement and maintain database security controls, including encryption (TDE), data masking, redaction, fine‑grained auditing, and access governance
• Design and support disaster recovery solutions using RDS automated backups, snapshots, Multi‑AZ, and cross‑region strategies
• Participate in production support, on‑call rotations, and incident escalations to meet enterprise SLAs

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

What This Job Offers

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