Senior Vice President, Database Engineer

About the role

Join us and be part of something extraordinary. We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Database Engineer to join our Structured Debt team. This role is in Pittsburgh, PA.

Responsibilities

• Lead the database strategy and engineering for high-volume, mission-critical financial systems, with a focus on Oracle security, encryption, cross-region replication, and fault tolerance.
• Partner with application and platform teams to ensure data integrity, performance, and compliance, while modernizing our data ecosystem.
• Architect and implement secure, scalable Oracle database solutions supporting high-throughput financial applications and reporting.
• Design and manage cross-region replication and fault-tolerant configurations to achieve high availability and disaster resilience.
• Enforce Oracle security best practices: encryption (TDE, data-at-rest/in-transit), access controls/least privilege, auditing, and compliance in secure environments.
• Lead performance tuning and optimization: AWR analysis, TKPROF/SQL Trace, index strategy, partitioning, and query optimization.
• Establish standards for versioned database development and change management; integrate schema migrations into CI/CD (e.g., Liquibase/Flyway).
• Collaborate with engineering teams on data models, stored procedures, PL/SQL packages, and efficient data processing pipelines.
• Implement robust monitoring and alerting for availability, performance, and replication lag; define database Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets.
• Guide cloud and data platform integrations; experience with Snowflake or Databricks is a plus for analytical and batch workloads.
• Maintain documentation and governance across environments; lead design reviews and drive remediation of technical debt.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.
• 9-11 years of experience in software development required.
• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• Expert knowledge of Oracle database internals, PL/SQL, performance tuning, and operational excellence in secure, regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle encryption and access control; strong understanding of auditing and compliance requirements.
• Proven design and operation of cross-region replication and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for database changes and versioned migrations; disciplined approach to rollback and recovery strategies.
• Experience with Snowflake or Databricks is a plus, especially for analytical workloads and data engineering patterns.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and leadership skills; ability to mentor teams and drive standards across applications.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Oracle database internals, PL/SQL, performance tuning, and operational excellence in secure, regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle encryption and access control; strong understanding of auditing and compliance requirements.
• Proven design and operation of cross-region replication and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for database changes and versioned migrations; disciplined approach to rollback and recovery strategies.
• Experience with Snowflake or Databricks is a plus, especially for analytical workloads and data engineering patterns.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and leadership skills; ability to mentor teams and drive standards across applications.

Skills

• Oracle database internals, PL/SQL, performance tuning, and operational excellence in secure, regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle encryption and access control; strong understanding of auditing and compliance requirements.
• Proven design and operation of cross-region replication and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for database changes and versioned migrations; disciplined approach to rollback and recovery strategies.
• Experience with Snowflake or Databricks is a plus, especially for analytical workloads and data engineering patterns.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and leadership skills; ability to mentor teams and drive standards across applications.

Benefits

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Pay

The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting. Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Schedule

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