About the Role

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

Job Description

Are you an individual who strives to constantly improve as a team and its processes? Do you thrive in production support environment working with critically important applications?

Platform Services Operations is looking for a motivated and solution focused, hands-on Senior Database Engineer to join us to boost effectiveness and accelerate delivery flow. Based in Manassas, VA, you will be working alongside a dynamic team of Oracle DBA experts and engineers. Your team is fully responsible for the design, optimization and operations of the database platform. This DevOps team engages in the product evolution; covering software architecture, development, quality assurance, security, operations and IT infrastructure aspects.

You will work in a truly international environment with main hubs across three continents. We have global reach and impact but operate fast as we are a relatively small company.

As a driving force of technological change, we operate in a true agile way. You will have a unique opportunity to expand your reach in terms of knowledge, network and build your expertise through Swift’s global platform. We want the right people. If you’ve got what it takes, we will have a role for your level of expertise.

What to expect

In this role you will:

• Analyze technical and functional requirements and translate them into software solutions. Understand dependencies toward other systems and teams.
• Design, develop and integrate third party components including system testing and installations.
• Develop automation to complete installations, configuration, tuning and maintenance of database management.
• Provide technical assistance to colleagues and assist in resolving problems reported by other team members.
• Prepare user documentation, installation guides and operating procedures.
• Support the delivered software and be part of a 'Center of Expertise' problem solving team. Analyze support cases and, when appropriate, provide solutions following the established case management processes.
• Opportunity to develop yourself and others in a true DevOps agile environment.

We are seeking professionals with:

• Requires 5 -7 years of experience in Oracle databases technical area
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• Experience working with the following:
• Worked on Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12c and 19c with expertise in multi-tenancy & partitioning.
• DataGuard for Disaster Recovery (DR)
• RAC - Real Application Clusters for local resiliency
• GoldenGate for logical data replication
• Ansible for installation and configuration automation
• Jenkins/CloudBees for release management through CI/CD pipeline
• 5+ years; DevOps and database infrastructure release management
• Jenkins/CloudBees, Ansible
• Languages: Python, Shell scripting, Java
• Good knowledge of IT security, mainly in the DBA area

Preferred qualifications:

• Oracle Database 12c/19c Administrator Certified Associate (OCA) or Professional (OCP) is a plus.
• Knowledge on Oracle Advanced Security, Transparent Data Encryption and Database Vault.
• Knowledge of TLS/SSL and configuration of Oracle Wallet.
• Experience with RHEL operating system.
• Experience with Confluence/Jira tools or equivalent.

Swift is unable to sponsor an employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position in Virginia is $92,120o $171,080 USD. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employees contingent on personal and company performance. Our generous benefits program includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families, and retirement plan plus matching 401k.

What we offer

We put you in control of career

We give you a competitive package

We help you perform at your best

We help you make a difference

We give you the freedom to be yourself

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us to request accommodation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.