Senior Distributed Database Administrator

About the Company:

Ouro is a global, vertically-integrated financial services and technology company dedicated to the delivery of innovative financial empowerment solutions to consumers worldwide. Ouro’s financial products and services span prepaid, debit, cross-border payments, and loyalty solutions for consumers and enterprise partners.

Ouro's flagship product Netspend provides prepaid and debit account solutions that connect customers with secure, convenient access to global payment networks so they can manage their money and make everyday purchases. With a nationwide U.S. retail network, customers can purchase and reload Netspend products at 130,000 reload points and over 100,000 distributing locations.

Since Ouro's founding in 1999 by industry pioneers Roy and Bertrand Sosa, Ouro products have processed billions of dollars in transaction volume and served millions of customers worldwide. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas with regional offices around the world. Learn more at www.ouro.com.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Distributed Database Administrator to manage complex database systems in production. Execute performance tuning, automation, and database lifecycle management tasks. Ensure database integrity, security, and performance across test, corporate, and production environments.

• Years of Experience: 6+ years of database administration and associated teams in a 24x7x365 environment.

• Skills Required: Strong knowledge of OLTP systems, Database Administration, Data Warehousing, backup/recovery, and database replication. Experience with database lifecycle management, automation, and performance optimization.

• Software Knowledge: Atlassian or similar work planning and management software. Ability to use Google or Microsoft Office suites.

• Technical Knowledge: Proficiency with Oracle RDBMS, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and cloud-native databases such as Snowflake or Redshift. Hands-on experience with Goldengate Replication. Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet) and automation frameworks. Experience with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora) is preferred.

• Soft Skills: Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. Demonstrated ability to mentor peers, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and operate effectively in fast-paced environments.

Required Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of RDBMS internals, SQL performance tuning, and schema design.

• Expertise in Cassandra and Oracle or Postgres database Administrations.

• Experience with Cassandra and Oracle RAC or PostgreSQL clustering.

• Good experience in goldengate replication.

• Strong knowledge of backup, recovery, and disaster recovery techniques.

• Familiarity with AWS, automation, and observability technologies.

• Proven ability to design and implement production-grade database systems.

• Good experience on shell or python scripting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience within FinTech.

• Familiarity with PCI, SOC2, and NYDFS audits and requirements.

• Experience with Puppet, Ansible and Terraform or similar IAC technologies.

• Knowledge and Experience with AWS Cloud.