Principal Systems engineer - Database Administration

U.S. Bank • Saint Paul, MN

1d • $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 existing, enhanced, and new platform solutions supporting business and infrastructure services. It leads, directs, or recommends cross-functional teams working on system enhancements for performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity, and evaluates product and service solutions.

The engineer designs, administers, and optimizes enterprise IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL environments across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms. The role develops automation frameworks and self-service capabilities, leads database upgrades and modernization efforts, and implements AI-driven operational solutions. It also establishes Infrastructure-as-Code standards and cloud-native deployment practices and drives improvements in reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week. The stated pay range is $119,765 to $140,900.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology environment.
• At least 7 years of experience with the design, development, and support of technology infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

• Strong expertise administering IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL databases, including installation, configuration, upgrades, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and security hardening.
• Advanced proficiency in Python development and automation engineering, including experience 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 technologies, clustering, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Experience designing and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Knowledge of AI/GenAI technologies, machine-learning-assisted operations, and intelligent automation applications for database management.
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, cloud-native database platforms, observability tools such as Datadog, and monitoring solutions.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and ownership mindset, with 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 to streamline database operations.
• Automate server provisioning, database deployments, patching, upgrades, certificate management, backup validation, and compliance checks.
• Build self-service capabilities that let users and engineering teams provision and manage database environments with minimal manual intervention.
• Lead database upgrades, migrations, modernization initiatives, and high-availability implementations to improve platform resiliency.
• Implement and support AI-driven operational solutions for incident triage, root cause analysis, capacity forecasting, performance diagnostics, and runbook generation.
• Establish and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code standards, Git-based workflows, and cloud-native database deployment practices across Azure and AWS environments.
• Reduce operational toil, improve service reliability and observability, and implement self-healing automation solutions.
• Supervise and develop multi-platform converged enterprise engineering solutions.
• Lead, direct, or recommend cross-functional teams focused on system enhancements for performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity.
• Evaluate product and service solutions.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Basic term and optional term life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave.
• 401(k) and an 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 and 401(k) contribution and pension, subject to eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

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