Database Developer SeniorExpert

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This role provides expert-level analysis design development maintenance and support of the most complex database and dataplatform solutions across the enterprise. Operates as a hands-on technical authority in data architecture advanced SQL and procedural logic performance engineering and secure resilient data operations. Solves technical issues of highest complexity and strategic importance while providing thought leadership on database standards patterns and tooling. Partners across product platform and security teams to design elegant scalable data solutions aligned to business strategy.

Essential Responsibilities

• Operates autonomously in the most complex environments; typically works under ambiguity where standard procedures are not applicable. Exercises considerable latitude in determining approaches and technical objectives; completed work is reviewed from a longterm perspective for desired results.
• Analyze the most complex customer and enterprise needs to recommend design and implement elegant data solutions (OLTP OLAP streaming and hybrid) aligned to architecture guardrails.
• Design and engineer the most complex database structures procedural logic and SQL (DDL/DML) including advanced indexing strategies partitioning compression and query optimization; lead rootcause analyses for performance and concurrency issues.
• Establish and evolve patterns for data modeling (3NF dimensional data vault) data migration and largescale modernization efforts including zerodowntime strategies.
• Lead implementation of emerging database and dataplatform tools (e.g. declarative IaC for data secrets management data quality engines) and drive adoption across teams.
• Partner with Security Risk and Compliance teams to ensure alignment with Federal Reserve System controls including privacy audit resiliency and datagovernance requirements.
• Provide deep technical coaching through peer review pair programming and internal knowledgesharing forums; support multiple teams during complex initiatives.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies; influence backlog prioritization for architectural improvements and technical debt reduction.
• Provide secondline production support and resolve the most complex issues across multiple environments; develop SREaligned observability practices for database tiers.
• Promote innovation by identifying strategic opportunities advocating for modern data capabilities and performing leadingedge evaluation of emerging tools and techniques.

Knowledge & Skills

• Expert knowledge of software development and data engineering processes practices and tools including Agile methods and workmanagement systems (Azure DevOps Jira).
• Ability to analyze the most complex business requirements and data processes and clearly communicate solution recommendations to stakeholders.
• Ability to perform enterprisescale independent research and resolve any technical barriers across platforms and services.
• Expert understanding of database internals (storage engine behavior transaction isolation concurrency control query execution) distributed data systems and modern cloud data services.
• Provides thought leadership and contributes to Systemwide practice improvements in data strategy architecture and governance.

Skills Areas Expert Level

• Expert programming skills in SQL and procedural languages (TSQL PL/SQL) and advanced performance engineering (execution plans statistics indexing).
• Expert skills in CI/CD for database changes and Infrastructure as Code for data platforms; advanced automation around schema validation migration and compliance.
• Expert skills in data modeling (relational dimensional vault) data quality frameworks lineage metadata management and database observability.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring developers; leads design reviews sets engineering standards and ensures consistent implementation across teams.
• Expert skills working with enterprise RDBMS and/or cloudbased data services (e.g. SQL Server Oracle PostgreSQL Aurora/RDS Snowflake/BigQuery Kafkabased streaming systems).

Education & Experience

Database Developer Expert

• Bachelors degree and10years of related work experience OR

• Masters degree and7years of related work experience

Database Developer Senior

• Bachelors degree and 5 years of professional work experience or

• Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 7 years of professional work experience

Database Developer

• Bachelors degree and 3 years of professional work experience

• Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 5 years of professional work experience or

Database Developer Associate

• Bachelors degree and 3 years of professional work experience

• Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 5 years of professional work experience or

Location: Cleveland OH Columbus OH Cincinnati OH or Pittsburgh PA

The expected starting salary range for the Database Developer Expert is $137000 and 188400 for the Database Developer Senior is between $111400 and $153100 annually for the Database Developer is between $90500 and $124400 annually and for the Database Developer Associate is between $66100 and $90900 annually. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicants background experience skills internal equity and market data.

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