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Nomura · 9 hours ago

Cloud Database Engineer

Philadelphia, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$108K/yr - $130K/yr

5+ years exp

Nomura is a global financial services group that connects markets across East and West, offering a range of services to various clients. They are seeking a Cloud Database Engineer to join their global database operations team, focusing on designing, building, and operating critical database platforms while enhancing cloud adoption and automation strategies.

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Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable, resilient architectures for database services

Develop solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, backups, and auditing for the database services

Create standardized Terraform and CloudFormation modules for the automation of cloud infrastructure and database provisioning

Develop and manage IAM roles, policies, permissions boundaries, and resource-based policies

Implement and maintain AWS logging and monitoring solutions, including CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3 replication, and bucket policies

Ensure adherence to networking, security, and compliance best practices in cloud environments

Utilize GitLab Enterprise for version control, adhering to best practices

Document designs, processes, and workflows using Jira and Confluence

Changes and Incident Management and Perform various house-keeping maintenance tasks

Manage inquiries and requests from Application teams or provide consultancy on Database design on new systems build-out projects

Implement Data protection solutions, anonymization, and database level encryption

Assists Application teams for Data migration, Backup to Tape, and Recovery process part of disaster recovery

Provide Production support in 24x7, partnering with engineers globally in Follow-The-Sun Model

Qualification

AWS Cloud DevelopmentMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQLPostgreSQLTerraformCloudFormationIAM PoliciesAWS security practicesAWS logging toolsPythonLinux Operating SystemTroubleshooting skillsCommunication skillsTeam player

Required

At least 5 years of experience in AWS Cloud Development

Experience on Design, Build and Operate Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL & PostgreSQL Databases

Experience in designing and implementing infrastructure for following AWS database services: AWS RDS & Aurora MySql/PostgreSQL

Proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible

In-depth knowledge of IAM Policies and AWS security practices

Solid understanding of AWS logging and monitoring tools

Knowledge of networking, security, and compliance best practices in cloud environments

Expertise in Python – developer experience in creating custom module, micro services, AWS SDK integrations etc

Good verbal and written communication skills, and good team player

Well-motivated in learning the latest technology trends and ability to self-learn

Good foundational knowledge of Linux Operating system as a Database engineer

Engineering Mindset & Troubleshooting skills

Preferred

Experience in designing and implementing infrastructure for following AWS database services: AWS Redshift, AWS OpenSearch, AWS EMR

Expertise in MongoDB, Redis & Elasticsearch

Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience in Infrastructure Automation Development

Experience with monitoring systems and log management/reporting tools (e.g. Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Splunk, ELK)

Practical experience in installing, configuring, operating, and monitoring CI/CD pipeline tools

Benefits

Sign-on bonus

Restricted stock units

Discretionary awards

Medical benefits

Financial benefits

401(k) eligibility

Various paid time off benefits

Vacation

Sick time

Parental leave

Company

Nomura

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Nomura is an investment banking and securities firm that serve the needs of individuals, institutions, corporate and governments. It is a sub-organization of Nomura Capital Management.

Founded in 1925

Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN

10001+ employees

http://www.nomura.com/

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