Cloud Database Administrator; DBA Engineer

Position Summary

The Cloud Database Administrator Engineer is responsible for the architecture, engineering, automation, security, availability, and operational support of The Clearing House's enterprise database platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments. This role serves as a senior technical leader responsible for Db2 LUW, Microsoft SQL Server, AWS database services, and database platform modernization initiatives.

The engineer will design and implement highly available, secure, automated, and scalable database solutions supporting mission‑critical payment systems and corporate applications. This position requires deep expertise in database engineering, cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, disaster recovery planning, and enterprise‑scale database migrations.

The Clearing House (TCH) is a banking association and payments company that is owned by the largest commercial banks in the United States. TCH owns and operates the core payments system infrastructure in the US and is currently working to modernize that infrastructure by launching a new, ubiquitous, real‑time payment system. TCH is the only private‑sector ACH and wire operator in the US, clearing and settling nearly $2 trillion in US dollar payments each day, representing half of all commercial ACH and wire volume.

TCH has provided critical services to the banking industry since 1853, and today, our core products facilitate services including Direct Deposit of payroll, bill payments, and check image exchange.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of enterprise database administration and engineering experience.
• Expert‑level experience administering Db2 LUW 11.5+ in Linux environments.
• Expert‑level experience administering Microsoft SQL Server 2019+.
• Extensive experience with Db2 HADR, Pacemaker clustering, and Q Replication.
• Extensive experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and related HA technologies.
• Proven experience designing and supporting cloud database platforms within AWS.
• Strong experience with AWS RDS, EC2, VPC, IAM, Cloud Watch, KMS, and AWS Backup.
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Strong scripting experience using Python, Power Shell, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience leading large‑scale database migration and modernization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of database performance tuning and capacity management.
• Experience supporting mission‑critical production systems with stringent availability requirements.

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• AWS Certified Database Specialty.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional.
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Database Administrator Associate.
• IBM Db2 Professional Certification.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and cloud‑native PostgreSQL services.
• Experience with Dell EMC Data Domain and Power Protect Data Manager.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized database workloads.
• Familiarity with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and Datadog.
• Experience working within highly regulated financial services environments.

• Architect, deploy, administer, and optimize enterprise Db2 LUW and Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Manage database lifecycle activities including installation, upgrades, patching, performance tuning, capacity planning, backup and recovery, and security administration.
• Ensure database platforms meet enterprise standards for availability, performance, scalability, and compliance.
• Design and maintain database operational standards, procedures, and governance frameworks.

• Design, deploy, and administer cloud‑native database services within AWS and Azure environments.
• Engineer resilient and scalable database solutions utilizing AWS RDS, EC2‑hosted databases, EBS storage, AWS Backup, Cloud Watch, and related cloud services.
• Develop cloud migration strategies for enterprise database workloads using replication‑based migration methodologies and minimal downtime approaches.
• Optimize…