Data Engineer - Oracle, MySQL, OLTP

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. As a Data Engineer within PNC's Lending Tech organization, you will be based in Miamisburg, OH, or Pittsburgh, PA, or Dallas, TX, or Birmingham, AL, or Strongsville, OH. Develops, supports and implements data services for multiple applications to meet business objectives and user requirements. Uses technical knowledge and industry experience to design, build and maintain technology solutions. Works closely with users, developers, operations and business partners to define data service requirements and the data preparation process development. Designs and builds data service infrastructure on multiple data platforms, according to key business processes and the overall workflow. Develops and implements data solutions for multiple applications to ensure its scalability, availability and maintainability. Implements data migration and transformation activities/processes to ensure the accuracy and security of data solutions.

Responsibilities

Design and evolve an enterprise transactional data model for lending payment processing (OLTP), including schemas, constraints, indexing strategies, partitioning, and retention/archival patterns; Define database standards for reliability, scalability, performance, and resiliency across MySQL and Oracle; Implement and operate high availability and disaster recovery patterns; validate operational readiness (failover/failback, replication health, recovery objectives); Drive performance engineering: query tuning, index strategy, execution plan analysis, contention/locking analysis, and workload management; Implement automation for database operations (provisioning support, patch readiness support, backup validation, health checks, and runbook-driven execution); Design and support replication/data movement strategies as needed for resiliency and/or cross-site requirements (preferred Oracle skills include Golden Gate and Data Guard); Partner with security to enforce encryption-in-transit/at-rest, least privilege, auditing, secrets management integration, and vulnerability remediation for database platforms; Work closely with application teams on schema evolution, release coordination, and safe migration approaches (including MySQL <-> Oracle considerations); Produce durable documentation: architecture diagrams, decision records, runbooks, and operational validation checklists; Develops, supports and implements data services for multiple applications to meet business objectives and user requirements; Works closely with users, developers, operations and business partners to define data service requirements and the data preparation process development; Designs and builds data service infrastructure on multiple data platforms, according to key business processes and the overall workflow; Develops and implements data solutions for multiple applications to ensure its scalability, availability and maintainability; Implements data migration and transformation activities/processes to ensure the accuracy and security of data solutions

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience designing and operating high-volume, enterprise OLTP databases supporting mission-critical transactions; Advanced SQL and performance tuning experience across MySQL and Oracle (query tuning, indexing, partitioning, execution plan analysis); Experience with operational best practices: backup/restore validation, patch planning, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and runbooks; Proven ability to collaborate across engineering, operations, and security with clear, structured communication; BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience; Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience

Nice to have

Oracle Exadata experience (engineering/tuning/operations on Exadata platforms); Oracle Data Guard experience (HA/DR, role transitions, validation of primary/standby states); Oracle Golden Gate experience (replication design/operations); Understanding of enterprise MySQL deployment/replication patterns (e.g., primary/replica cross-site patterns); Owns significant components of the database platform with minimal guidance; Responsible for technical workstreams and drives them to closure; Improves runbooks/automation; contributes to production incident response and prevention; Owns end-to-end database architecture for the platform or a major program; Sets standards and is an escalation point for complex performance and replication/DR tradeoffs; Mentors engineers/DBAs, drives cross-team alignment, and influences roadmap decisions; Establishes and enforces engineering rigor; Analytical Thinking; Competitive Advantages; Data Analytics; Data Mining; Data Science; Machine Learning (ML); MySQL; Online Transaction Processing (OLTP); Oracle

Benefits

medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature); dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match; pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; robust wellness program with financial incentives; maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year depending on career level and years of service