Director Database Engineering

2 weeks ago

Chennai, India DTCC Full time

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and 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. DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role :

The Database Operations team is responsible for managing DTCCs public and private cloud databases. You and your team will engage with the infrastructure and application development teams to ensure DTCCs databases are highly available, performant, secure, and resilient.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

Lead a DB Ops team to ensure the 24/7 availability, performance, and reliability of database systems. Effectively manage incidents and lead problem resolution. Implement continuous improvements for monitoring, alerting, and health check reports. Overseeing database operations such as backup and recovery, security compliance, and strategic planning for disaster recovery and performance optimization. Lead DB Support teams to align with DTCC’s modernization efforts. Create a mature distributed database support team (i.e. Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL) that is attuned to the customer’s needs by promoting self-service capabilities. Encourage & lead automation initiatives for public and private cloud databases. Strong people leadership to empower, encourage, and engage.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

Minimum of 10 years of related experience of database engineering, delivery, and support. Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

Ability to work across teams to create partnerships that achieve organization goals, and passionate about building an innovative culture. Ability to technically lead the DB Operations team along with providing transparency and insight that can be consumed by business teams. Deep technical understanding of OLTP databases such as Oracle and MS SQL. Proven understanding of AWS cloud database technologies (Oracle RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL). Passionate about building a strong team to support the organization’s goal for modernization. Solid understanding of automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and GitLab. Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle management & the Agile methodology. Management skills to maintain IT infrastructure health and drive customer satisfaction.

Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

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