The Database Architect  is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application with job and the business. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.  

Responsibilities:

• Provides architectural vision for the Database landscape.
• Interfaces across several channels, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects.
• Maintains continuous awareness of business, technical, and infrastructure issues and acts as a sounding board or consultant to aid in the development of creative solutions.
• Accountable for policy formulation and future state technology strategies for an effort.
• Interfaces with vendors to assess their technology and to guide their product roadmap based on Citi requirements.
• Provides thought leadership in the database area.
• Requires sophisticated analytical thought to resolve database issues in a variety of complex situations.
• Impacts the technology function through contribution to technical direction and strategic decisions.
• Uses developed communication skills to negotiate and often at higher levels
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Ensures stability by  pro-actively managing  databases in the organization.
• Improves performance by reviewing SQL and database models.
• Manages data replication via Goldengate and Shareplex. 
• Works with the application teams on design and application performance.
• Provides Test Data to the development teams through Snapshots and other tools.
• Deep hands on experience in Oracle database architecture design and development
• Extensive use of Oracle RMAN and Streams, Oracle ASM, PL/SQL programming, Shell Scripts

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years relevant experience
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Management and prioritization skills
• Ability to develop working relationships
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly
• Methodical, attention to detail
• Must be an expert in Oracle RAC ( 19c)  and Goldengate. Big Data and Mongo skills are a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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