Software Engineer Sr (Senior Database Automation Engineer)

PNC•Strongsville, OH

2d•$86,250 - $172,500•Onsite

About The Position

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As Software Engineer Sr. within PNC's Technology organization, you can be based in Pittsburgh PA (preferred), Strongsville OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ or Dallas TX. PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position. You will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automation solutions supporting enterprise database platforms. The role combines strong Oracle DBA expertise with software engineering, infrastructure automation, platform engineering, and operational excellence. The successful candidate will lead efforts to automate database provisioning, patching, compliance validation, monitoring, reporting, vulnerability remediation, and operational processes. While Oracle technologies will represent the initial area of focus, the long term objective is to establish automation frameworks, standards, and engineering patterns that can be leveraged across all database technologies supported by Data Platform Services.

Requirements

Experience with database administration or database engineering experience.
Experience of Oracle DBA experience in large scale enterprise environments.
Strong knowledge of: Oracle RAC, ASM, RMAN, Data Guard, SQL and PL/SQL, Performance tuning, Backup and recovery, Multitenant architecture.
Experience of automation development experience.
Advanced Python development skills.
Strong Linux shell scripting expertise.
Experience with Ansible or comparable automation frameworks.
Experience working with REST APIs.
Experience using Git or equivalent source control systems.
Strong Linux administration experience.
Familiarity with enterprise monitoring solutions.
Experience supporting highly available production environments.
Ability to troubleshoot across operating system, database, network, and application layers.
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Exadata administration.
OEM administration.
Fleet Patching and Provisioning (FPP).
Database migration and modernization initiatives.
CI/CD pipeline development.
Platform engineering experience.
Agile delivery experience.
Experience developing enterprise reporting and operational dashboards.
Experience supporting multiple database technologies.
Agile Methodology
API Development
Communication
Computer Programming
Debugging
Distributed Systems
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Software Development
System Designs
Team Collaboration
Team Player
Technical Designs
Version Control

Responsibilities

Design and develop enterprise automation solutions for database platform operations.
Build reusable automation frameworks and engineering patterns.
Eliminate manual operational processes through automation.
Develop automated validation, reporting, monitoring, compliance, and remediation capabilities.
Maintain code repositories, documentation, and automation standards.
Integrate automation with enterprise tooling, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
Serve as a senior Oracle DBA with deep knowledge of Oracle database administration.
Support Oracle RAC, ASM, Multitenant, RMAN, Data Guard, Fleet Patching and Provisioning, Enterprise Manager, Exadata, and Recovery Appliance technologies.
Design and automate database build, patching, cloning, migration, backup, recovery, and validation processes.
Troubleshoot complex database and infrastructure issues.
Expand automation capabilities beyond Oracle to support enterprise database platforms including: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Future database technologies adopted by the organization.
Develop platform agnostic engineering patterns whenever practical.
Partner with database platform engineering teams to identify automation opportunities and standardize operational workflows.
Develop automation supporting vulnerability remediation initiatives.
Automate evidence collection and compliance reporting.
Implement automated security validation capabilities.
Integrate automation with identity, access management, and privileged access systems.
Create dashboards, reporting solutions, and operational metrics.
Improve service reliability and consistency through automation.
Identify opportunities for process improvement and operational simplification.
Reduce toil and manual effort across engineering teams.
Provide technical mentorship to engineering staff.
Lead strategic automation initiatives.
Participate in backlog prioritization and delivery planning.
Influence engineering standards, best practices, and automation strategy.
Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.
Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs.
Writes code, tests and deploys software.
Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software.
Maintains and debugs software.

Benefits

medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
dental and vision options
employee and spouse/child life insurance
short and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
pension and stock purchase plans
dependent care reimbursement account
back-up child/elder care
adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
a robust wellness program with financial incentives
maternity and/or parental leave
up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service