Principal Systems engineer - Database Administration

U.S. Bank • Saint Paul, MN

2d • $119,765 - $140,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

U.S. Bank is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer focused on database administration. The role supervises and develops multi-platform converged enterprise engineering solutions for business and infrastructure services, and leads or recommends cross-functional work to improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity. It also evaluates product and service solutions.

The engineer will design, administer, and optimize IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL database environments across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms. The role develops automation frameworks and self-service capabilities, automates critical database operations, and leads upgrades, migrations, modernization, and high-availability implementations. It also supports AI-driven operational solutions, establishes Infrastructure-as-Code standards and Git-based workflows, and continuously improves reliability, observability, and automation.

The position requires working from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week. Salary range: $119,765–$140,900; the actual range may vary by location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years of experience within a total IT environment.
• At least 7 years of experience designing, developing, and supporting technology infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

• Strong expertise administering IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL, including installation, configuration, upgrades, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and security hardening.
• Advanced proficiency in Python development and automation engineering, including building scalable operational frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Git, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Deep understanding of Linux administration, database replication, clustering, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Experience designing and implementing IaC solutions in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Knowledge of AI/GenAI, machine-learning-assisted operations, and intelligent automation applications for database management.
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, cloud-native database platforms, Datadog, and monitoring solutions.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and ownership skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and drive operational innovation.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and optimize enterprise IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL database environments across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Python, Ansible, Terraform, shell scripting, and APIs.
• Automate server provisioning, database deployments, patching, upgrades, certificate management, backup validation, and compliance checks.
• Build self-service capabilities for users and engineering teams to provision and manage database environments with minimal manual intervention.
• Lead database upgrades, migrations, modernization initiatives, and high-availability implementations.
• Implement and support AI-driven solutions for incident triage, root cause analysis, capacity forecasting, performance diagnostics, and runbook generation.
• Establish and maintain IaC standards, Git-based workflows, and cloud-native database deployment practices across Azure and AWS.
• Reduce operational toil, improve service reliability and observability, and implement self-healing automation.
• Supervise and develop multi-platform converged enterprise engineering solutions.
• Lead, direct, or recommend cross-functional system-enhancement work targeting performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity.
• Evaluate product and service solutions.

Benefits

• Healthcare, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Basic 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 of 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 hours worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• Pension

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal