AVP - Cloud Database Automation Engineer

Job Description:

Role Title: AVP - Cloud Database Automation Engineer

Company Overview:

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a leading consumer financing company that has been at the heart of American commerce and opportunity for nearly a century. Synchrony delivers credit and banking products that empower tens of millions of consumers to improve their financial lives and access what matters most. Leveraging innovative solutions that are shaping the future of retail commerce, Synchrony supports the growth and success of some of the nation’s most respected brands, alongside hundreds of thousands of small and midsize businesses, including health and wellness providers. Committed to excellence in service and culture, Synchrony is proud to be named as #3 as a Great Place to Work® in India and is honored to be ranked the #1 Best Company to Work For® in the U.S. by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com.

Organizational Overview:

Our Platform Engineering organization comprises of Database experts and automation engineers who focus on enabling strategies to enhance customer and partner experience and optimize business performance through database platform development and management cutting edge automation technologies such as Terraform, Jenkins and Ansible.

Role Summary/Purpose:

Cloud Database Automation Engineer role will be responsible for projects to design, enhance or add new functionality to Synchrony Data platforms (Databases), as well as all operational support activities. Provide technical oversight, architecture, design expertise and guidance, interdepartmental coordination, and vendor direction for Synchrony Database Engineering and automation efforts.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement infrastructure as code for various database platforms

• Perform Software Configuration Management (SCM) for databases

• Implement automation of database operations and migration

• Implement monitoring and logging solutions for different database technology stacks or container orchestration platforms

• Have general cloud ops knowledge with at least one provider, private or public, such as attached volume lifecycle, auto scaling, cloud-config, security, instance lifecycle, etc

• Implement Database automation in AWS from build to day-to-day support. 

Required Skills & Knowledge:

• Experience working on or leading teams performing systems automation and integration (ideally leveraging an agile methodology / lean techniques)

• Competence in using scripting + programming languages to automate frequently executed activities

• 3+ years Public Cloud (AWS RDS) experience to instant and configure up databases for mission critical, highly available and high throughput application

• 3+ years Expert knowledge of Linux / Unix / Windows systems

• 5+ years’ experience as a Senior DBA or Database automation Engineer; Expertise in designing/configuring mission critical, highly available and high throughput Databases

• Experience with production systems and dealing with production issues

• A clear understanding of cloud service and deployment model 

Desired Skills & Knowledge:

• Database experience with RDS, PostgreSQL, Cassandra. MySQL, Oracle, DynamoDB or DocumentDB

• Experience in streaming service such as Kinesis

• Scripting Proficiency in Terraform, Python and Shell

• Experience in migrating Database from on-prem to public cloud

• Responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining automation tools to reduce time and complexity of operations and development tasks

• Collaborate with others to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues

• Establish and consult on best practices and standard operating procedures for development, deployment, support, break-fix, and systems management

• Deploy and support automation systems and tooling in a 24x7 production environment

• Assess usage and utilization trends to make appropriate design and implementation recommendations towards scaling our architecture 

• AWS Cloud certification, Terraform certification

Eligibility Criteria:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 8+ years of experience performing systems automation (ideally leveraging an agile methodology) on Database platforms. Deep expertise in at least one database technology.

Work Timings:

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details. We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement Hubs - Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR. As directed by the management, you will be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in-person engagement activities such as business/ team meetings, trainings, and events 

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying

• Inform your manager or HRM before applying for the role on Workday

• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

• Must not be any corrective action plan (Formal/Final Formal) or LPP

• L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are eligible

• L8+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are eligible.

Level : L11

Job Family Group:

Information Technology