Director, Database Administration

Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

About the role

Fidelity Investments Workplace Investing (WI) is actively seeking an experienced Director of Database Administration to lead a team of dedicated and experienced DBAs. The associate will help drive strategic database initiatives in support of our business strategy both in the US and globally. This is a highly visible, dynamic role supporting critical platforms with a global, follow-the-sun operating model.

The Director sets database strategy, drives operational excellence, and ensures resilient, secure, and scalable databases for Workplace Investing. The Director is accountable for team performance, production stability, lifecycle risk reduction, and delivery against long-term architecture and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise database operations across Oracle, Postgres, Yugabyte, Aerospike, SQL Server, and SQL MI
• Performance tuning, scripting, and automation
• Technology lifecycle management (TLM), including patching and end-of-life software management
• Run programs spanning multiple applications and customer groups
• Direct a team with 24x7 production support and active incident management
• Manage on-prem, cloud, and hybrid DBA operations
• Operationalize solutions and ideas into standard operating procedures (SOP)

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in enterprise database operations
• Hands-on knowledge in performance tuning, scripting, and automation (strong plus)
• Proven success running cross-functional programs
• Experience with on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments

Skills

• Strong executive communication; ability to present strategy, risks, and progress to senior management
• Demonstrated experience hiring, mentoring, and coaching junior DBAs

The Team

The WI DBA team is a diverse group of experienced DBAs who support the databases of Workplace Investing. The group supports a large number of complex and critical databases serving a diverse set of businesses.

Schedule

Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.