Senior Database Platform Engineer (Oracle)

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Work type
On-site
Location
O Fallon, MO
Salary
$96,000–$163,000 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

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TL;DR · Senior Database Platform Engineer (Oracle)

The Senior Database Platform Engineer (Oracle) joins the Database Engineering team to provide technical leadership and platform strategy for the enterprise database ecosystem. This role involves designing, engineering, and supporting highly available, secure database infrastructure for critical applications. Key responsibilities include driving platform modernization through automation, establishing engineering standards, and managing operational procedures. The engineer will build Infrastructure as Code solutions, integrate platforms into CI/CD pipelines, and develop automation for provisioning, patching, and recovery. Required expertise includes Oracle Exadata, RAC, Redis, and PostgreSQL, alongside tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. The position addresses the technical challenge of supporting distributed systems and microservices-based architectures while ensuring data governance, security, and regulatory compliance across hybrid and cloud-native environments to deliver reliable data services.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement highly available, resilient, and secure database infrastructure solutions for enterprise applications.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and configuration management practices to improve operational efficiency.
  • Integrate database platforms into CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery processes.
  • Build automation capabilities for provisioning, deployment, patching, monitoring, and disaster recovery activities.
  • Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, performance analysis, and capacity planning for database services.
  • Establish database engineering standards, governance frameworks, and operational procedures across the enterprise.
  • Support database services for distributed systems and microservices-based architectures across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
  • Participate in rotational production support and incident management activities to ensure platform reliability.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Advanced expertise in Oracle Exadata, RAC, Redis, and PostgreSQL database engineering and administration.
  • Deep understanding of database architecture, resiliency, performance optimization, security, and data governance.
  • Strong knowledge of platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet, and CI/CD.
  • Experience supporting enterprise IT infrastructure and modern application platforms using automation at scale.
  • Understanding of distributed systems management and microservices-based architectures.
  • Experience establishing engineering standards, operational procedures, and platform governance practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop engineers while driving technical initiatives and operational excellence.

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