Engineer Senior, Database

FIS; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FIS is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to support critical database environments and initiatives, including Azure migrations. You will provide deep technical expertise across SQL Server and Oracle, ensuring security, performance, and high availability while collaborating with application and business teams.

The role includes on-call duties on a rotation basis and requires 8+ years of database experience, strong communication, and a track record with PCI DSS/SOX compliance within database

Qualifications

• 8+ years of database administration or engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database.
• Knowledge of database security, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and high availability.
• Experience supporting PCI DSS and SOX compliance requirements within database environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience collaborating across technical teams, applications, customers, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Database installation and administrative duties.
• Database security and hardening, remediation, automation, standardization, and patching.
• Improving the reliability and efficiency of database services.
• Act as a technical resource for complex database activities and ensuring database solutions meet operational, security, and technology requirements.
• Provide on-call support on a rotational basis.
• Partner with customers to support business and technology initiatives, providing responsive database expertise, clear communication, and a strong customer-service focus.

Skills

SQL Server

Oracle Database

Database security

Performance tuning

Backup/recovery

High availability

PCI DSS SOX compliance

Communication

Job description

About FIS

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology.

Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

Hybrid in Puerto Rico (3 days in office) (On call) (Some Weekends )

About the team

The team provides secure, reliable, and highly available database services for critical banking applications, with responsibilities spanning operations, performance, security, compliance, recovery, and cloud modernization.

This role offers the opportunity to work with a variety of database and cloud technologies while collaborating with teams across the organization to solve problems, improve services, and support important technology initiatives.

What you will be doing

This is a Senior Database Engineer role supporting critical database environments and technology initiatives.

You will provide deep technical expertise across supported database platforms, troubleshooting complex database issues and supporting the design and execution of database solutions for major projects, including Azure migrations.

Responsibilities Include

• Database installation and administrative duties.
• Database security and hardening, remediation, automation, standardization, and patching.
• Improving the reliability and efficiency of database services.
• Act as a technical resource for complex database activities and works to ensure database solutions meet operational, security, and technology requirements.
• Provide on-call support on a rotational basis.
• Partner with customers to support business and technology initiatives, providing responsive database expertise, clear communication, and a strong customer-service focus.

What you bring

• 8+ years of database administration or engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database.
• Knowledge of database security, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and high availability.
• Develop database standards, operational procedures, and engineering best practices.
• Experience supporting PCI DSS and SOX compliance requirements within database environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience collaborating across technical teams, application teams, customers, and business stakeholders.

Bonus if you have

• Hands-on experience operating and supporting Oracle Exadata environments within OCI.
• Hands-on experience with IBM Guardium for database security and monitoring.
• Proven experience supporting mission-critical banking platforms and applications within a large enterprise environment.

What we offer you

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities.
• A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team.
• A competitive salary and benefits.
• The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology.
• A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect.

Privacy Statement

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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