Senior Vice President, Database Engineer

BNY Mellon

$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience
  • 9-11 years of experience in software development; financial services experience preferred
  • Expert knowledge of Oracle database internals and PL/SQL
  • Hands-on experience with Oracle encryption and access control
  • Proven experience in designing and operationalizing cross-region replication
  • Familiarity with CI/CD for database changes
  • Strong collaboration and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement secure, scalable Oracle database solutions
  • Design and manage cross-region replication and fault-tolerant configurations
  • Enforce Oracle security best practices and compliance
  • Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts
  • Establish standards for versioned database development
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on data models and PL/SQL
  • Implement robust monitoring and alerting for availability and performance
  • Guide cloud and data platform integrations

Benefits

  • Participation in 401(k) plan
  • Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Basic life insurance for employees and eligible dependents
  • Paid time off including vacation and sick leave
  • Eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award
Full Job Description
Job Description

Senior Vice President, Database Engineer

We9re 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

You will 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. You9ll partner with application and platform teams to ensure data integrity, performance, and compliance, while modernizing our data ecosystem.

In this role, you9ll have the opportunity to impact on our organization in the following ways:
  • 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 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.

To be successful in this role, we9re seeking the following:
  • Bachelor9s 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.


BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. 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 employee9s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an 44at will45 position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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