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What Well Bring:
We are seeking a Lead Database Engineer to join our DevOps organization. This role is ideal for a seasoned Oracle expert who thrives in complex mature environments and is passionate about modernization and operational excellence. You will play a critical role in maintaining the health of our on-prem Oracle infrastructure while helping guide our transition toward open-source and cloud-native database technologies.
What Youll Bring:
- Serve as theprimary SME for Oracle database troubleshooting performance tuning and root cause analysis in a high-availability environment.
- Lead and execute various DB activities such asdatabase upgrades patching and migrations.
- Design and implementreplication backup and disaster recovery strategies.
- Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams toautomate database operationsand integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
- Providetechnical leadershipand mentorship to junior DBAs and engineers.
- Partner with application teams to support deployments schema changes and performance optimization.
- Contribute to thestrategic roadmapfor database modernization including evaluation and adoption of PostgreSQL and cloud-native solutions.
- Ensure compliance withsecurity audit and data governancerequirements.
Impact Youll Make:
- 10 years of experience as an Oracle DBA in enterprise environments.
- Proven expertise introubleshooting and performance tuningof complex Oracle systems.
- Deep knowledge of Oracle technologies:RAC DataGuard ASM Exadata Goldengate CDB/PDB Grid Control.
- Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills; experience withscripting (e.g. Bash Python or Perl).
- Experience withPostgreSQLand/orcloud-native databases(e.g. Aurora RDS) is a strong plus.
- Familiarity withinfrastructure automation tools(e.g. Ansible Terraform) and monitoring platforms.
- Comfortable working in aKanban/SAFe Agileenvironment.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification required.
This is a remote position which may require occasional in-person attendance at work-related events at the discretion of management.
TransUnion Job Title
Lead Engineer Database Engineering