Sr. Cloud Database Engineer

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Purpose Financial, Inc. is an innovative consumer financial services company that offers a diverse suite of credit products, promoting financial inclusion and meeting consumers wherever they are. Through its brands, the company is committed to helping customers achieve their version of financial stability in the moment and in the future. Since 1997, Purpose Financial has been a pioneer in the consumer credit and financial services market offering money solutions in over 800 storefronts locations and online lending.

Providing services in over 23 states, Purpose Financial employs over 2,500 team members.

At Purpose Financial we are always on the lookout for motivated individuals who share in our values of mutual respect to join our team of outstanding professionals.

We offer:

• Competitive Wages
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Company Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Business Casual Environment
• Rewards & Recognition Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Office in downtown Greenville that offers free parking, onsite gym, free snacks/drinks

As a Sr. Cloud Database Engineer, you will take end-to-end ownership of cloud-native database platforms, with a primary focus on AWS. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role focused on designing for scale and reliability, driving automation, and setting the platform standards that engineering teams across the firm depend on.

This role suits an engineer who has operated at a senior level before – someone who identifies what needs to be built, makes sound technical decisions, and delivers without requiring step-by-step direction.

• Key responsibilities Principal Database Platform Engineer involve managing and maintaining the day-to-day operations of an organization’s data infrastructure. This includes data processing, storage, and accessibility.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management:
  Oversee the design, deployment, and management of AWS infrastructure and services (RDS Oracle, Aurora Postgresql, Document DB, Lambda, Kafka, DMS, EC2 etc. Ensure the availability, reliability, and scalability of cloud environments. Manage and monitor AWS resources, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency. Perform capacity planning and implement autoscaling policies to handle traffic fluctuations.
• Automation and Dev Ops:
  Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS Cloud Formation. Automate deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention. Integrate CI/CD pipelines for Landing Zone Accelerator software releases.
• Backup:
  Ensure backups are configured for critical AWS services (e.g., RDS, EBS snapshots) and meet business continuity requirements.
• Performance Tuning and Optimization:
  Continuously monitor and tune the performance of cloud services to meet application and workload requirements. Ensure a stable performance environment for mission-critical enterprise systems
• Documentation and Reporting:
  Maintain comprehensive documentation of the AWS environment, including architecture diagrams and operating procedures. Provide regular status reports on system performance, incidents, and ongoing operational tasks to management.
• Develop key performance indicators for data operations, implementations, and the health of our cloud environments.
• Application Migrations:
  Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Integration, and Security teams to migrate clinical and business applications from on-premises data center to AWS and Snowflake
• Cloud Operations Center of Excellence:
  Build a training curriculum and corresponding certification matrix, based on job level.
• Participates in Change Management and Root Cause Analysis meetings as…