Fidelity Investments · 4 hours ago
Principal Data Engineer - Oracle DBA - OCI
Merrimack, NH
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
8+ years expFidelity Investments is seeking a highly competent and motivated Principal Database Engineer to support mission-critical database platforms. The role involves working with leading database technologies and requires a service-oriented mentality, focusing on database administration and performance engineering.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesRetirementWealth Management
Responsibilities
Perform applications database administration (Oracle/Postgres) services including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, database application design, physical data modeling, development support & Engineering
Lead proof of concept efforts to evaluate and enable new technology solutions
Proactively monitor databases servers and respond to any alerts
Designing and implementing highly resilient and performing Oracle database platforms, using distributed database technologies
Provide database development support in all phases of SDLC and agile experience is preferred including logical and physical data model review, SQL performance, Data injection etc
Participate in 24X7 on call rotation schedule for various production support, database maintenance, housekeeping and installs
Interface with enterprise teams for Systems Administrators, Cyber Security and Capacity Planning groups as and when situation demands
Ability to quickly diagnose the problem areas and come up with solutions and/or workarounds
Should have strong time management skills with willingness and ability to handle multiple projects/initiatives at the same time
Self-motivated with strong team, interpersonal and communication skills!
Establish database standards for operations, upgrades, migrations and onboarding new applications and/or clients
Write clear, concise, well organized technical documentation to maintain standards and procedures
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in Oracle Database technologies with very proven understanding of end to end database tech-stack including Exadata and provide technical leadership for strategic projects
3+ years of Cloud experience
8+ experience in Oracle Database Administration / Performance Engineering / Replication Engineering across multiple platforms -- Linux and Engineered systems
1+ experience in DB performance for other database platforms (Postgres, CockroachDB, Snowflake, Cassandra, MS SQL server, Netezza etc) across multiple platforms -- Linux and Engineered systems
Experience with cloud databases platforms (AWS/Azure/Oracle OCI certification is helpful), on both Linux and Windows environments
Designing and implementing highly resilient and performing Oracle database platforms, using distributed database technologies
Domain specialist in Oracle internals, Optimizer, Statistics management, Partition management, Physical implementation & Workload management for highly scalable and resilient database platforms
Sophisticated skills in Query Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid control (OEM 12c), Linux shell scripting, and writing database monitoring jobs in PL/SQL
Ability to work well in a team environment, as well as maintaining a positive attitude are a must
Ability to develop and drive database performance standards, standard methodologies and initiatives
Perform applications database administration (Oracle/Postgres) services including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, database application design, physical data modeling, development support & Engineering
Lead proof of concept efforts to evaluate and enable new technology solutions
Proactively monitor databases servers and respond to any alerts
Provide database development support in all phases of SDLC
Participate in 24X7 on call rotation schedule for various production support, database maintenance, housekeeping and installs
Interface with enterprise teams for Systems Administrators, Cyber Security and Capacity Planning groups as and when situation demands
Ability to quickly diagnose the problem areas and come up with solutions and/or workarounds
Should have strong time management skills with willingness and ability to handle multiple projects/initiatives at the same time
Self-motivated with strong team, interpersonal and communication skills!
Establish database standards for operations, upgrades, migrations and onboarding new applications and/or clients
Write clear, concise, well organized technical documentation to maintain standards and procedures
Preferred
5+ years of experience in Distributed replication technologies (Oracle Goldengate, EDB Replication, etc)
Strong Linux shell scripting experience preferred with a good understanding of Linux Performance
A good understanding of Oracle RAC related performance challenges
AWS cloud experience desired
Agile experience is preferred including logical and physical data model review, SQL performance, Data injection etc
Company
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity’s mission is to strengthen the financial well-being of our customers and deliver better outcomes for the clients and businesses we serve.
10001+ employees
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2025 (3)
2024 (8)
2023 (4)
2022 (6)
2021 (8)
2020 (30)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$152.82MKey Investors
Apple
2020-12-28Secondary Market· $2.5M
2018-01-14Secondary Market· $1M
2017-05-03Secondary Market· $12.5M
Leadership Team
Abigail Johnson
Chairman & CEO
Jeanmarie Ward
Senior Vice President of Architecture
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