Principal Systems Engineer (Oracle Database)

at  US Bank National Association

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Hands on Oracle Database administration and engineering experience.
• Proven experience in deploying and managing cloud-hosted databases on AWS and/or Azure. (Administering databases in an Operational capacity.)

EXPERIENCE WRITING AND MODIFYING DATABASE OBJECTS VIA SQL, PL/SQL, SHELL AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTS FOR LINUX.

• Experience supporting Exadata (HCC, networking and Patching via Platinum Gateway Services).
• Proficient in backup and recovery techniques via RMAN and flashback technologies including reporting and validation.
• High availability & disaster recovery using Data Guard and Oracle RAC.
• Technical troubleshooting, performance tuning and query optimization (AWR, ASH, v$ views, wait events, etc.).
• Experience with storage solutions using ASM and capacity planning.
• Experience with database monitoring/alerting solutions using OEM, AppDynamics, Splunk and like solutions.

EXPERIENCE WITH SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT – INSTALLATION OF ORACLE BINARIES, UPGRADES, AND PATCHING.

• Experience with Data migration and replication techniques – RMAN, Export & Import, Goldengate, Data Guard.
• Implementing network and at-rest Encryption (via TDE).
• Experience in Security administration of users, profiles, roles, and privileged access.
• Familiarity with Atlassian (Jira, Confluence) and other DevOps tools.
• Automation experience – Ansible/Terraform/Salt/Gitlab
• Experienced in ITSM standards, procedures and polices related to change, incident and problem management.
• Strong understanding of broader technology context (e.g. Linux OS, network, storage).
• Experience of 24/7, highly available, environments.
• Demonstrated maturity and resilience in resolving people, process, and project issues.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to less technical staff.
• Desirable tech stack - Cohesity or equivalent, Oracle Compression, Shareplex, Multitenant, Cyberark.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop multi-platform converged enterprise engineering solutions targeted to meet existing, enhanced, and new platform solutions for business and infrastructure services.
• Lead, direct, or recommend cross-functional team targeted for system enhancements for system performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity.
• Evaluate product and service solutions.
• Administer databases in an Operational capacity.
• Maintain database patching levels on a quarterly basis.
• Security administration of users, profiles, roles, and privileged access.
• Create and maintain shell and/or other scripts for Linux.
• Partner with the application teams, providing consultancy and guidance on best practices.
• Conduct investigations into root cause analysis post incidents.
• Documenting and maintaining database architecture, processes and procedures.
• Mentor other team members in areas of technical expertise

THE ROLE OFFERS A HYBRID/FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE, WHICH MEANS THERE’S AN IN-OFFICE EXPECTATION OF 3 OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK OUTSIDE THE OFFICE LOCATION FOR THE OTHER DAYS.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That’s why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term 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 (from 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 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by la