Job Title:  Cloud Database Engineer

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $108,000 and $130,000 annually.

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.

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Department overview

The Information Technology department at Nomura is at the forefront of innovation, driving technology solutions that empower our business and enhance client experiences. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop and maintain robust systems and infrastructure, ensuring the security, reliability, and efficiency of our operations. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment that embraces technological advancements to deliver value and drive our digital transformation journey.               

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Role description

Nomura is seeking highly skilled database technology engineer that will be part of global database operations and engineering team and help drive database platform strategies.

Our firm has embarked on a journey to radically standardize IT infrastructure platforms across the Group and strengthen support structures. We are looking for a Cloud Database Engineer with primary specialization in AWS and strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL to design, build, and operate our mission-critical database platforms. Moreover, the candidate will also work in production support operations to provide advanced database administration support for the global database servers. 

Nomura is looking for someone keen to make an impact on database technologies through cloud adoption and automation. The candidate will continuously contribute various strategies across database technologies, with the objective to continuously keep pace with the fast-evolving technology industry.

• Design and implement scalable, resilient architectures for database services.
• Develop solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, backups, and auditing for the database services.
• Create standardized Terraform and CloudFormation modules for the automation of cloud infrastructure and database provisioning.
• Develop and manage IAM roles, policies, permissions boundaries, and resource-based policies.
• Implement and maintain AWS logging and monitoring solutions, including CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3 replication, and bucket policies.
• Ensure adherence to networking, security, and compliance best practices in cloud environments.
• Utilize GitLab Enterprise for version control, adhering to best practices.
• Document designs, processes, and workflows using Jira and Confluence.
• Changes and Incident Management and Perform various house-keeping maintenance tasks.
• Manage inquiries and requests from Application teams or provide consultancy on Database design on new systems build-out projects.
• Implement Data protection solutions, anonymization, and database level encryption.
• Assists Application teams for Data migration, Backup to Tape, and Recovery process part of disaster recovery.
• Provide Production support in 24x7, partnering with engineers globally in Follow-The-Sun Model.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required

The candidate must have the following skills and experience 

• At least 5 years of experience in AWS Cloud Development
• Experience on Design, Build and Operate Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL & PostgreSQL Databases
• Experience in designing and implementing infrastructure for following AWS database services:
  1. Required: AWS RDS & Aurora MySql/PostgreSQL
  2. Optional:  AWS Redshift, AWS OpenSearch, AWS EMR
• Proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible.
• In-depth knowledge of IAM Policies and AWS security practices.
• Solid understanding of AWS logging and monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of networking, security, and compliance best practices in cloud environments.
• Expertise in Python – developer experience in creating custom module, micro services, AWS SDK integrations etc.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, and good team player.
• Well-motivated in learning the latest technology trends and ability to self-learn.
• Good foundational knowledge of Linux Operating system as a Database engineer
• Engineering Mindset & Troubleshooting skills.

Experience / Knowledge of the following will be added advantage (but not mandatory):

• Expertise in MongoDB, Redis & Elasticsearch
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in Infrastructure Automation Development
• Experience with monitoring systems and log management/reporting tools (e.g. Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Splunk, ELK).
• Practical experience in installing, configuring, operating, and monitoring CI/CD pipeline tools

Nomura Competencies

Explore Insights & Vision

• Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.

Making Strategic Decisions

• Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.

Inspire Entrepreneurship in People

• Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.

Elevate Organizational Capability

• Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.

Inclusion

• Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

*base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, discretionary awards and eligibility for commissions for applicable sales roles in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired in the U.S., employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors”.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer