Senior Database Engineer
Wells Fargo is hiring a Senior Database Engineer to lead complex database management, modeling, and performance tuning for their fintech infrastructure. The role focuses on Oracle database administration, including Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, and OEM management for mission-critical systems. The candidate will oversee backup strategies, security patching, and platform optimization while ensuring high availability. This is a technical leadership position requiring extensive experience and proactive engagement in production environments.
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Experience
8-12 years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Wells Fargo is hiring a Senior Database Engineer to lead complex database management, modeling, and performance tuning for their fintech infrastructure. The role focuses on Oracle database administration, including Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, and OEM management for mission-critical systems. The candidate will oversee backup strategies, security patching, and platform optimization while ensuring high availability. This is a technical leadership position requiring extensive experience and proactive engagement in production environments.
TAL's take
Solid role at a major global bank, offering significant scale and responsibility for mission-critical database systems.
The JD is extremely crisp with clearly defined technical responsibilities, tools, and expectations for the database engineering function.
Salaries at Wells Fargo
24.8 LPA average
Based on 856 Grapevine salary entries for Wells Fargo.
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18 LPA average
Range: 6 - 35 LPA
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4 - 6 years | P2
16 LPA average
Range: 8 - 21 LPA
Engineering
6 - 8 years | P3
26 LPA average
Range: 22 - 30 LPA
Must haves
- 4+ years of database engineering experience
- 8-12+ years of experience in Oracle database administration
- Hands-on expertise with Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Experience with Exadata systems
- Proficiency in RMAN backups and recovery
- Experience with High Availability (RAC, Data Guard)
Tools and skills
Nice to have: zdlra.
About the company
Large financial institution with established engineering presence, though not a top-tier big tech firm.
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