Senior Database Operations Engineer

Vanguard; Wayne (PA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Database Administrator to join the Database Operations team, supporting Oracle, SQL Server, and AWS database technologies. You will collaborate with developers and IT leadership to improve reliability, automation, and production stability of Vanguard’s database infrastructure.

The role focuses on ensuring availability/recoverability, administration/maintenance, upgrades, patching, performance tuning, and handling database requests from internal customers.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five years database administrator experience with Oracle, SQL Server or AWS (Postgres, DynamoDB).
• Oracle/SQL Server/AWS certifications preferred but not required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; strong relationship management.
• Ability to multi-task and work under time constraints.
• Knowledge of financial services industry a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure backup, recovery, security, availability, maintenance and performance of enterprise database technology.
• Create and maintain backup and recovery jobs.
• Resolve database issues and determine root cause.
• Perform installation, upgrade, configuration, and patch management.
• Provide on-call support on a rotational basis.
• Support developer requests during business hours on rotation.
• Advise on database features to application developers.
• Assist with testing IT vendor products and production acceptance.

Skills

Oracle

SQL Server

AWS Postgres

PowerShell

PL/SQL

T-SQL

Linux/Windows

VMware

Communication

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Control-M

OEM

SSMS

EC2/DynamoDB

Toad/SQL Developer

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a Database Administrator to join the Database Operations team, supporting Oracle, SQL Server, and AWS database technologies. You will collaborate with developers and IT leadership to improve reliability, automation, and production stability of Vanguard’s database infrastructure.

The role focuses on ensuring availability/recoverability, administration/maintenance, upgrades, patching, performance tuning, and handling database requests from internal customers.