Sr. Cloud Database Engineer

Purpose Financial; South Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Life Benefits

Health Savings Account plus Employer

401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match

Paid Parental Leave

Company Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off including Volunteer Time

Tuition Reimbursement

Business Casual Environment

Rewards & Recognition Program

Employee Assistance Program

Office in downtown Greenville with on‑

Job summary

Purpose Financial is seeking a Senior Cloud Database Engineer to own cloud-native database platforms, primarily in AWS. You will design for scale, drive automation, and set platform standards for engineering teams. This is a hands-on senior IC role requiring decisive technical leadership.

The role emphasizes cloud operations, data management, and migrations to AWS and Snowflake, with opportunities to shape governance, backups, and performance tuning across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in database administration, cloud administration, and devops.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services and cloud data platforms.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, DocumentDB; performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Own data infrastructure operations and cloud platform reliability.
• Design, deploy, and manage AWS-based database services and data pipelines.
• Automate deployments and monitor performance, cost, and capacity.
• Collaborate on migrations to AWS and Snowflake with other teams.
• Develop monitoring, backup, and DR procedures; produce reports.

Skills

Cloud database engineering

Database administration

DevOps practices

Data warehousing

SQL & performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS / Information Systems

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

Kafka

RDS Oracle / Aurora PostgreSQL / DocumentDB

Fivetran

HVR

Job description

Brand: Purpose Financial

Address:322 Rhett Street,Greenville,South Carolina,United States-29601

Purpose Financial, Inc. is an innovative consumer financial services company that offers a diverse suite of credit products, promoting financial inclusion and meeting consumers wherever they are. Through its brands, the company is committed to helping customers achieve their version of financial stability in the moment and in the future. Since 1997, Purpose Financial has been a pioneer in the consumer credit and financial services market offering money solutions in over 800 storefronts locations and online lending. Providing services in over 23 states, Purpose Financial employs over 2,500 team members.

At Purpose Financial we are always on the lookout for motivated individuals who share in our values of mutual respect to join our team of outstanding professionals.

We offer:

• Competitive Wages
• Health/Life Benefits
• Health Savings Account plus Employer Seed
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off including Volunteer Time
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Business Casual Environment
• Rewards & Recognition Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Office in downtown Greenville that offers free parking, onsite gym, free snacks/drinks

To learn more about Purpose Financial visit Purpose Financial Website.

Position Summary

As a Sr. Cloud Database Engineer, you will take end-to-end ownership of cloud-native database platforms, with a primary focus on AWS. This is a hands‑on senior individual contributor role focused on designing for scale and reliability, driving automation, and setting the platform standards that engineering teams across the firm depend on.This role suits an engineer who has operated at a senior level before – someone who identifies what needs to be built, makes sound technical decisions, and delivers without requiring step‑by‑step direction.

Job Responsibility

• Key responsibilities Principal Database Platform Engineer involve managing and maintaining the day‑to‑day operations of an organization’s data infrastructure. This includes data processing, storage, and accessibility.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee the design, deployment, and management of AWS infrastructure and services (RDS Oracle, Aurora Postgresql, DocumentDB, Lambda, Kafka, DMS, EC2 etc. Ensure the availability, reliability, and scalability of cloud environments. Manage and monitor AWS resources, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency. Perform capacity planning and implement autoscaling policies to handle traffic fluctuations.
• Automation and DevOps: Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation. Automate deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention. Integrate CI/CD pipelines for Landing Zone Accelerator software releases.
• Backup: Ensure backups are configured for critical AWS services (e.g., RDS, EBS snapshots) and meet business continuity requirements.
• Performance Tuning and Optimization: Continuously monitor and tune the performance of cloud services to meet application and workload requirements. Ensure a stable performance environment for mission‑critical enterprise systems
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain comprehensive documentation of the AWS environment, including architecture diagrams and operating procedures. Provide regular status reports on system performance, incidents, and ongoing operational tasks to management.
• Develop key performance indicators for data operations, implementations, and the health of our cloud environments.
• Application Migrations: Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Integration, and Security teams to migrate clinical and business applications from on‑premises data center to AWS and Snowflake
• Cloud Operations Center of Excellence: Build a training curriculum and corresponding certification matrix, based on job level.
• Participates in Change Management and Root Cause Analysis meetings as directed.
• May be called to work off hours, weekends, and holidays to provide technical support to the Institution.
• Foster a culture of data‑driven decision‑making, collaboration, and accountability across the organization.

Job Responsibilities Cont.

Education Required

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field.

Experience Required

• Proven track record with 8 years’ experience in database administration, cloud administration, and devops.
• AWS or any Database certifications are considered a plus.
• Experience managing technology operations in a cloud environment is a strong plus (particularly AWS and Snowflake).
• Strong understanding of database fundamentals and operations.
• Strong technical expertise in data management technologies, relational DB’s, data warehousing solutions, ETL tools (Fivetran, HVR) and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Snowflake and Kafka).
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, and DocumentDB database optimizations.
• Experience automating performance enhancing jobs and data archiving.
  • Generate reports and analyze the system for query slowness.
  • Develop scripts for performance improvement and data fixes.
  • Set up design and database monitoring reports and alerts.
• Experience participating in technical discussions with development and system DBA teams for deployments and code reviews.
• Experience with database security concepts and technologies, including role‑based access controls, encryption, auditing, and threat/vulnerability management (TVM).

Knowledge Required

Excellent written and verbal communications skills; adaptability and flexibility to a changing environment; and comfortable working in a dynamic, high volume, fast‑paced environment. Ability to understand and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and laws governing our industry/business and products.

Physical Requirements

Sitting for long periods of time; standing occasionally; walking; bending; squatting; kneeling; pushing/pulling; reaching; twisting; frequent lifting of less than 10 lbs., occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.; driving and having access during the workday to an insured and reliable transportation; typing; data entry; grasping; transferring items between hands and/or to another person or receptacle; use of office equipment to include computers; ability to travel to, be physically present at, and complete the physical requirements of the position at any assigned location.

Competencies

OKRTechnical Proficiency/Leadership

Travel

25%, Quarterly travel to Homebase

Attire

Business Casual

Other

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.