Principal Database Engineer

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Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive

• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location

• Pension / Retirement benefits

• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

The Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions. May include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm. The software development process requires in-depth subject matter expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages. Software Developers work closely with business partners and / or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions. The Software Engineering role specializes in planning, documenting technical requirements, designing, developing, and testing all software systems and applications for the firm. Works closely with architects, product managers, project management, and end-users in the development and enhancement of existing software systems and applications, proposing and recommending solutions that solve complex business problems

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Act as a technical expert on one or more applications utilized by DTCC

• Optimize database performance, tune indexes, and resolve performance bottlenecks to ensure efficient operation

• Monitor and maintain the health, performance, and availability of the data warehouse infrastructure, including servers, databases, and network connections

• Plan, execute, and maintain regular data backups and disaster recovery procedures

• Provide technical expertise, troubleshoot issues, and interface with Oracle for technical support when necessary

• Implement and maintain security controls, manage user accounts, and ensure the integrity of the data

• Support development teams, testing, troubleshooting, and production support

• Create applications and construct unit test cases that ensure compliance with functional and non-functional requirements

• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

• Work with the Business System Analyst to ensure designs satisfy functional requirements

• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

• Research and evaluate technical solutions consistent with DTCC technology standards

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Expert knowledge of data warehouse concepts, structures, and systems.

• Experience with ETL processes and tools

• Expert with performance tuning and database optimization.

• Proficiency with Oracle technologies, such as Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

• Strong understanding of data modeling and data management frameworks.

• Knowledge of reporting design and delivering reporting solutions.

Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

About Us

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at https://www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.

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About the Team

IT Architecture and Enterprise Services are responsible for enabling digital transformation of DTCC. The group manages complexity of the technology landscape within DTCC and enhances agility, robustness and security of the technology footprint. It does so by serving as the focal point for all technology architectural activities in the organization as well as engineering a portfolio of foundational technology assets to enable our digital transformation.