Database Developer Senior
Federal Reserve SystemAbout the role
Company
Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandThe Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s mission is to foster the stability, integrity, and efficiency of the nation’s monetary, financial, and payment systems while representing the Fourth District perspectives.As part of the nation’s central bank, we are a team of mission-driven professionals who are committed to serving with excellence. Our core values are: Build Trust Every Day, Own Our Actions, Collaborate with Intention, and Be Open to Change.
For twenty-six years in a row, we’ve been named “One of Northeast Ohio’s Best Places to Work” by North Coast 99. This prestigious award honors organizations with outstanding employment practices, including compensation, benefits, training, recruitment, retention, community services, and employee communications.
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To be considered for this role, candidates must be a U.S. citizen.
We are seeking a talented Database Developer to design, develop, and optimize database solutions within our cloud infrastructure. This role will focus on building robust database logic, stored procedures, and data layer components that power our enterprise applications in a modern cloud environment.
The ideal candidate will work as part of a cross-functional agile team, collaborating closely with application developers, QA engineers, DevOps specialists, Site Reliability engineers, and product owners throughout the software delivery lifecycle. You will participate in all agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
Essential Responsibilities
Design and implement database logic, stored procedures, functions, and triggers in cloud-based database platforms.
Design and implement database structures via DDL such as tables, indices, partitions, constraints.
Develop data access layers and optimize query performance for scalability
Collaborate with application developers to ensure seamless integration between database and application layers.
Partner with DevOps teams to implement database CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Work with QA engineers to develop testing strategies for database components and setting up test data.
Analyze, plan, and execute data migrations as needed to support business objectives.
Participate actively in agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
Review code and provide constructive feedback to team members.
Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues in development and production environments with an emphasis on performance tuning and optimization.
Knowledge & Skills
Deep understanding of relational database design concepts.
Strong Oracle and PostgreSQL development skills: solid SQL and PL/SQL coding techniques; ability to create and maintain tables, constraints, triggers, views, stored procedures and functions, packages, and types; solid understanding of SQL tuning practices and indexing and partitioning strategies.
Experience as an application or operational DBA and/or knowledge of Oracle and PostgreSQL database architecture.
Experience with cloud data management and infrastructure, including the ability to provision, configure, and maintain necessary data infrastructure though pipelines and infrastructure as code.
Working knowledge and practical experience with backing up and restoring databases.
Experience with NoSQL and/or DynamoDB is desirable.
Education & Experience
Database Developer Senior
Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of professional work experience or
Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 7+ years of professional work experience
Database Developer
Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of professional work experience
Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 5+ years of professional work experience or
Database Developer Associate
Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of professional work experience
Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 5+ years of professional work experience or
Location: Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, Cincinnati, OH, or Pittsburgh, PA
The expected starting salary range for the Database Developer Senior is between $111,400 and $153,100 annually, f
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