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Chennai · On-site · 12+ Yrs · Sep 23
Investment & Asset Management · 10000+ Employees · New York, US
Citi is more than a global financial services company. It’s an engine for progress. Join us, and you’ll have the chance to get involved in progress in all its shapes and forms, right across the world. From the micro to the macro, from Australia to Zambia, the work we do has real positive impact. Wherever you are and whatever you do, progress starts here. We’ve built a world famous, trusted brand over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services. And today, our influence continues to grow: with financial operations in 160 countries and 100 currencies. We have 200 million different clients, including some of the biggest names in the industries, sectors, businesses and governments that we serve every day. It all adds up to an exciting place to be for talented, ambitious people who want to build a truly remarkable career.
Hiring: Engineering
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Interview was slow . The interviewee scheduled me interview and didn't join the call. After waiting for 30 minutes, i sent a mail to hr and then she called the technician team and then they had joined the call. Also seem
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Overview
Citi is seeking an experienced, high-caliber Database Technical Lead (C13 / VP) to lead the design, modernization, administration, and resiliency engineering of enterprise database platforms.
Responsibilities
- Modernization, DBaaS & Cloud Enablement Lead migration initiatives from legacy on-premises databases to modern cloud and containerized platforms (AWS RDS/Aurora, OpenShift, internal private cloud DBaaS/PaaS). Champion database containerization and modern provisioning frameworks, automating lifecycle management and cluster autoscaling. Partner with application development and cloud architecture teams to re-platform and refactor applications for cloud-native persistence layers.
- High Availability, Replication & Scalability Engineering Architect, configure, and maintain robust High Availability (HA) topologies (e.g., Oracle Data Guard/Active Data Guard, Oracle RAC, PostgreSQL Streaming Replication / Patroni, MongoDB Replica Sets & Sharded Clusters). Establish cross-region and multi-data-center replication strategies to support 24/7/365 mission-critical banking operations with minimal RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and zero RPO (Recovery Point Objective).
- Database DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & CI/CD Champion Database DevOps practices by integrating schema migrations and database deployments into automated CI/CD pipelines (via Harness, Tekton, Jenkins, Bitbucket/GitHub). Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) playbooks and configuration scripts using Ansible, Terraform, and Python/Bash automation. Eliminate manual operational touchpoints through self-service database provisioning and automated routine maintenance.
- Continuity of Business (COB) & Disaster Recovery (DR) Own the disaster recovery framework for core database estates, designing and executing regular formal COB/DR failover drills. Define and maintain backup and restore strategies (RMAN, storage snapshots, point-in-time recovery) to safeguard data integrity against hardware failures, corruption, and site-level disasters. Ensure comprehensive auditability and validation of backup retention policies aligned with financial regulatory standards.
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