Digital Engineering Lead Engineer; DBA

Req

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward‑thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Digital Engineering Lead Engineer (DBA) to join our team in Plano, Texas (US‑TX), United States (US).

We are seeking a highly skilled Multi‑Cloud SQL Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and optimize SQL and object database environments across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and having secondary skills in Oracle Database administration. This role will focus on provisioning, performance tuning, high availability, backup, and security of SQL databases and cloud‑native object databases in a multi‑cloud environment, supporting mission‑critical applications and analytics platforms.

Provision, configure, and maintain SQL Server, Postgre

SQL, MySQL, and Oracle DB instances in AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL Database, GCP Cloud SQL/Alloy

DB, and OCI Autonomous Database.

Design and implement high‑availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions (e.g., multi‑AZ, failover groups, cross‑region replication).

Perform database backup, restore, patching, and upgrade operations across all cloud platforms.

Monitor and tune database performance using cloud‑native monitoring tools and traditional database performance tools.

Manage and optimize cloud‑native object databases:

• AWS DynamoDB
• Azure Cosmos DB
• Google Cloud Firestore / Bigtable
• Oracle No
  
  SQL Database Cloud Service

Implement best practices for partitioning, indexing, throughput provisioning, and capacity management.

Establish lifecycle management policies for object data, backup strategies, and encryption.

Automate database provisioning and configuration using Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, Azure ARM/Bicep templates, GCP Deployment Manager, and OCI Resource Manager.

Implement CI/CD pipelines for database schema changes using Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, or Cloud Build.

Enforce database security policies, encryption (at rest and in transit), and access controls via IAM roles/policies across all clouds.

Support audits by ensuring logging, alerting, and compliance with industry standards (HIPAA, PCI, SOC2).

Work closely with cloud engineers, Dev Ops teams, data analysts, and application developers to support development and production environments.

Participate in on‑call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems.

Strong expertise in managing SQL Server databases with full managed services, including database backup/restore, HA, DR, patching, tuning, maintenance, security, networking, optimization, troubleshooting, ETL, monitoring.

Be able to build up and manage PaaS databases in AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI in SQL and Oracle databases.

• Primary: SQL
• Secondary:
  Oracle
• Microsoft SQL DBA or any SQL DBA certification.
• 6+ years of experience as a SQL DBA in enterprise environments.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience managing SQL databases in AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
• 2+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA.
• Strong experience with AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL Database, GCP Cloud SQL/Alloy
  
  DB, and OCI Autonomous Database.
• Working knowledge of Dynamo
  
  DB, Cosmos DB, Firestore/Bigtable, Oracle No
  
  SQL Database.
• Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL queries, stored procedures, and triggers.
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles, IAM, and encryption mechanisms.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) practices.

• MCTS, MCITP certifications
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Oracle Certified Expert (OCE) credentials is a plus
• Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Database Specialty, Azure Database Administrator Associate, Google Professional Cloud Database Engineer, OCI Database Cloud Professional).
• Experience with Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, or other message queuing systems.
• Knowledge of Data Ops practices and database CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiari…