Synchrony

AVP - Cloud Database Automation Engineer

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4 days ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Implement infrastructure as code for database platforms.
  • Perform software configuration management for databases.
  • Automate database operations, migrations, and AWS database processes.
  • Implement monitoring and logging for database technology stacks and container orchestration platforms.
  • Provide cloud operations support, including volume lifecycle, autoscaling, cloud configuration, security, and instance lifecycle management.
  • Provide technical oversight, architecture, design guidance, interdepartmental coordination, and vendor direction.
  • Architect, implement, and maintain automation tools for development and operations.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues and support automation systems in a 24x7 production environment.
  • Establish best practices and standard operating procedures for development, deployment, support, break-fix, and systems management.
  • Assess utilization trends and recommend architecture scaling improvements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of experience performing systems automation on database platforms.
  • At least 3 years of public cloud experience with AWS RDS for highly available, high-throughput mission-critical applications.
  • At least 3 years of expert-level experience with Linux, Unix, or Windows systems.
  • At least 5 years of experience as a Senior DBA or Database Automation Engineer.
  • Expertise designing and configuring mission-critical, highly available, and high-throughput databases.
  • Experience leading or working on systems automation and integration teams.
  • Proficiency with scripting and programming languages for automation.
  • Experience with production systems and resolving production issues.
  • Understanding of cloud services and deployment models.
  • Preferred experience with RDS, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MySQL, Oracle, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Kinesis, Terraform, Python, and Shell.
  • Preferred experience migrating databases from on-premises environments to public cloud.
  • AWS Cloud or Terraform certification is preferred.

Benefits

  • Enhanced flexibility with the option to work from home or from Synchrony regional engagement hubs in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR.
  • Availability is required from 06:00 AM to 11:30 AM Eastern Time for meetings, with remaining hours flexible; periodic commuting or travel to a regional hub may be required.
  • The role supports automation systems in a 24x7 production environment.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAnsibleApache CassandraAWSJenkinsLinuxMySQLPostgreSQLPythonTerraformWindows

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About Synchrony

10,000+ employees

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) provides consumer financing and payments solutions—such as private-label and co-branded credit cards, installment loans, and promotional financing—distributed through retailer and healthcare partnerships. It also operates Synchrony Bank, an online bank offering savings products and CDs. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, the company was spun out of GE’s retail finance business in 2014 and serves millions of U.S. consumers and hundreds of thousands of small and midsize businesses.

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