Position 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. As a C13 Database Lead, you will be responsible for defining technical strategies, driving cloud and database-as-a-service (DBaaS) transformations, ensuring strict data governance and security compliance, and leading senior technical engineers across critical multi-region banking systems.
Responsibilities & Requirements
1. Enterprise Database Architecture & Technical Strategy
Architect, design, and deliver end-to-end database solutions across relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server) and NoSQL/Distributed databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis).
Define enterprise standards for data modeling, partitioning, indexing strategies, and database scalability across high-volume transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) environments.
Drive the technical roadmap aligned with Citi's enterprise reference architectures, zero-trust infrastructure, and microservices ecosystem.
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Modernization, DBaaS & Cloud Enablement
Lead migration initiatives from legacy on-premises databases to contemporary 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.
3. 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 (R

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