Controls Tech EIM Database Lead / Database Engineering Lead

About the role

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.

What you'll do

• Drive the technical roadmap aligned with Citi's enterprise reference architectures, zero-trust infrastructure, and microservices ecosystem
• 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
• Integrate identity and credential workflows with enterprise secrets management tools (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk) and role-based access control (RBAC)
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) playbooks and configuration scripts using Ansible, Terraform, and Python/Bash automation

What you need

• 12–22 yrs of experience
• Root cause analysis
• Git
• Python
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• AWS
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA or M.Sc

Good to have

• Redis
• Microservices
• Terraform
• NoSQL
• CI/CD
• SOP writing