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Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced and strategic Head of Database Engineering and Operations to lead multifaceted database teams, ensuring data assets are managed with the highest standards of integrity, performance, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Extensive, expert-level experience managing a heterogeneous database environment, including deep expertise in Oracle (RAC, DataGuard) and SQL Server (AlwaysOn)
• Demonstrable experience with enterprise-level PostgreSQL deployments
• Strong mastery of database architecture, data modeling, performance tuning, and security management across multiple platforms
• Proficiency in database languages including SQL, PL/SQL, and T-SQL
• Solid understanding of underlying operating systems (Linux, Windows) and storage technologies
• Cloud Expertise: Proven experience migrating and managing databases in a major public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), with specific knowledge of services like Amazon RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB
• NoSQL Experience: Hands-on experience with NoSQL technologies like MongoDB, Cassandra, or Redis

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop, articulate, and execute a comprehensive database technology roadmap that aligns with the bank's business objectives.
• Holistic Database Management: Oversee the entire lifecycle (design, implementation, optimization, and maintenance) of all database systems.
• Security, Governance, and Compliance: Champion a 'security-first' mindset. Implement and enforce robust security controls, including data encryption at-rest and in-transit, robust access control models, and comprehensive audit logging.
• Performance, Resiliency, and Scalability: Lead efforts in proactive performance tuning, root cause analysis, and capacity planning across all database platforms.
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Own and enhance the bank's database backup, recovery, and high-availability strategies.
• Financial and Vendor Management: Manage the database technology budget, including software licensing, support contracts, and cloud consumption.
• Innovation and Modernization: Drive the evolution of the bank’s database landscape. Lead initiatives for cloud migration, adoption of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) models, and the evaluation of emerging data technologies to support digital transformation.

Other

• 8+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of management or leadership experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• This position offers a hybrid schedule