Software Engineer Sr (Senior Database Automation Engineer)

Fairygodboss; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

PNC is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for enterprise database platforms. The role emphasizes Oracle DBA expertise, automation patterns, and cross-platform architecture, with a focus on provisioning, patching, validation, and security-oriented automation.

Based in multiple U.S. locations including Birmingham, AL, this position supports the Data Platform Services group and CI/CD integration, aiming to reduce toil and improve reliability across

Qualifications

• Experience with database administration or database engineering in large-scale environments.
• Oracle DBA experience in large-scale enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise automation for database operations.
• Lead automation patterns and reusable engineering frameworks.
• Automate provisioning, patching, validation, monitoring, reporting, and remediation capabilities.
• Collaborate with database platform engineering teams to standardize workflows.

Skills

Automation engineering

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Backlog prioritization

CI/CD pipelines

Oracle DBA

Tools

Oracle RAC

RMAN

Enterprise Manager

Fleet Patching and Provisioning

Exadata

Data Guard

Job description

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a(n) [position title] within PNC's [name of division] organization, you will be based in [city/state location of position].

Job Profile

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As Software Engineer Sr. within PNC's Technology organization, you can be based in Pittsburgh PA (preferred), Strongsville OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ or Dallas TX.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

You will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automation solutions supporting enterprise database platforms. The role combines strong Oracle DBA expertise with software engineering, infrastructure automation, platform engineering, and operational excellence.

The successful candidate will lead efforts to automate database provisioning, patching, compliance validation, monitoring, reporting, vulnerability remediation, and operational processes. While Oracle technologies will represent the initial area of focus, the long term objective is to establish automation frameworks, standards, and engineering patterns that can be leveraged across all database technologies supported by Data Platform Services.

Primary Responsibilities

Automation Engineering

• Design and develop enterprise automation solutions for database platform operations.
• Build reusable automation frameworks and engineering patterns.
• Eliminate manual operational processes through automation.
• Develop automated validation, reporting, monitoring, compliance, and remediation capabilities.
• Maintain code repositories, documentation, and automation standards.
• Integrate automation with enterprise tooling, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.

Oracle Platform Expertise

• Serve as a senior Oracle DBA with deep knowledge of Oracle database administration.
• Support Oracle RAC, ASM, Multitenant, RMAN, Data Guard, Fleet Patching and Provisioning, Enterprise Manager, Exadata, and Recovery Appliance technologies.
• Design and automate database build, patching, cloning, migration, backup, recovery, and validation processes.
• Troubleshoot complex database and infrastructure issues.

Multi Platform Database Automation

Expand automation capabilities beyond Oracle to support enterprise database platforms including:

• SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• Future database technologies adopted by the organization

Develop platform agnostic engineering patterns whenever practical.

Partner with database platform engineering teams to identify automation opportunities and standardize operational workflows.

Security and Compliance

• Develop automation supporting vulnerability remediation initiatives.
• Automate evidence collection and compliance reporting.
• Implement automated security validation capabilities.
• Integrate automation with identity, access management, and privileged access systems.

Operational Excellence

• Create dashboards, reporting solutions, and operational metrics.
• Improve service reliability and consistency through automation.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and operational simplification.
• Reduce toil and manual effort across engineering teams.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical mentorship to engineering staff.
• Lead strategic automation initiatives.
• Participate in backlog prioritization and delivery planning.
• Influence engineering standards, best practices, and automation strategy.

Required Qualifications

Database Expertise

• Experience with database administration or database engineering experience.
• Experience of Oracle DBA experience in large scale enterprise