Cloud Database Engineer

Cloud Database Engineer – (Fidelity Wealth)
We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Database Engineer to support and evolve our cloud database ecosystem for Fidelity Wealth. This role will focus on designing, implementing, and operating scalable, resilient, and secure database platforms across both operational and analytical workloads.
The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in managing a diverse portfolio of cloud-native and managed database services, including Oracle RDS, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB for operational platforms. Experience with Snowflake for analytical and data warehouse environments is a plus but not required.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based database solutions across AWS platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability.
• Provide operational support for Oracle RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB, including performance tuning, capacity planning, and incident management.
• Implement and manage database replication and migration solutions using AWS DMS and Oracle GoldenGate, enabling reliable data movement, synchronization, and modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with data platform teams to support Snowflake environments (good to have) and enable efficient analytics workloads.
• Work closely with application teams, data engineers, and platform services to onboard and optimize database usage patterns.
• Implement automation for database provisioning, monitoring, patching, and failover using infrastructure-as-code and scripting tools.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, and data protection standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in database reliability, resiliency, and cost optimization across environments.
• Support disaster recovery strategies, cross-region replication, and high-availability architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• A 6-8+ plus years performing Oracle 12c and 19c administration
• 3-5 years actively involved in enterprise level cloud database initiatives.
• Strong experience with AWS database services (RDS Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Hands-on experience with data replication and migration technologies such as AWS DMS and Oracle GoldenGate.
• Experience with cloud database architecture, operations, and performance tuning in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with Snowflake data platform is a plus (not mandatory).
• Hands-on experience with automation tools (Terraform, Python, or similar) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of database internals, query optimization, and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience with multi-region architectures, DR strategies, and production support.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.