Senior Database Platform Engineer (Oracle)

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Work type
On-site
Location
O Fallon, MO
Salary
$96,000–$163,000 / yr
Posted
39 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 administering secure, scalable, and highly available database platforms that support critical applications. Key responsibilities include driving platform modernization through automation, establishing engineering standards, and managing infrastructure as code solutions. The engineer will integrate database platforms into CI/CD pipelines, perform root cause analysis, and support distributed systems and microservices-based architectures. Required expertise includes Oracle Exadata, RAC, Redis, and PostgreSQL, along with tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. The position focuses on solving complex problems related to database resiliency, performance optimization, and security within a hybrid and cloud-native environment to ensure reliable data services.

What you'll do

  • Design, engineer, and administer enterprise database platforms supporting global applications.
  • Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for consistent configuration management.
  • Integrate database platforms into CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery processes.
  • Automate provisioning, deployment, patching, monitoring, and disaster recovery activities.
  • Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, performance optimization, and capacity planning.
  • Establish database engineering standards, governance frameworks, and operational best practices.
  • Support database services across hybrid and cloud-native environments for microservices architectures.
  • Participate in rotational production support and incident management activities.

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.
  • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop engineers while driving technical initiatives and operational excellence.

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