Wells Fargo

Lead Oracle Application DBA

Wells Fargo$159K — $305K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience with a focus on financial services
  • 5+ years of hands-on Oracle database administration experience (11g/12c/19c+)
  • Strong expertise in Oracle architecture and core technologies (RAC, Data Guard, ASM)
  • Advanced SQL/PLSQL skills with troubleshooting experience in production environments

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex initiatives within specified domains
  • Ensure operational effectiveness through system monitoring
  • Identify opportunities for resource optimization and cost reduction
  • Design and implement applications and tools for complex business functions
  • Resolve coding and platform issues
  • Guide the team in meeting compliance and risk management standards
  • Mentor junior software engineers
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across various levels
  • Drive team performance towards strategic objectives
  • Partner with support and engineering teams

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance and critical illness insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement
Full Job Description
In this role, you will:
  • Lead complex initiatives on selected domains
  • Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk
  • Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost
  • Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies
  • Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature
  • Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
  • Mentor less experienced software engineers
  • Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
  • Lead team to achieve objectives
  • Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively


Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience administering Oracle databases (11g/12c/19c+), including installation, configuration, performance tuning, backup/recovery (RMAN), and patching within the financial services industry
  • Strong expertise in Oracle architecture and core technologies (RAC, Data Guard, ASM), along with advanced SQL/PLSQL and troubleshooting in high-availability production environments


Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience supporting Oracle environments within financial services, particularly Core Banking platforms (e.g., FLEXCUBE, Finacle, T24)
  • Familiarity with cloud-based Oracle deployments (OCI, AWS RDS for Oracle, or Azure) and migration strategies
  • Knowledge of database security best practices, encryption, auditing, and regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX, PCI, FFIEC)
  • Experience with automation/scripting (Shell, Python, or Ansible) for database provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance
  • Exposure to enterprise monitoring tools (OEM, SolarWinds, Splunk) and performance optimization in large-scale, mission-critical systems


Job Expectations:

This position requires a hybrid in office work schedule

Job Location:

194 Wood Avenue South - Iselin, New Jersey 08830

3075 Loyalty Cir - Columbus, Ohio 43219

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$159,000.00 - $305,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement


Posting End Date:

18 Jun 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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