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Principal Systems engineer - Database Administration
US Bank National Association · 🇺🇸 Saint Paul, MN
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordUSCIS Data Hub records 294 H-1B approvals for this employer in FY2023. Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (US Citizenship and Immigration Services).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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USCIS Data Hub records 294 H-1B approvals for this employer in FY2023. Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (US Citizenship and Immigration Services).
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About the role
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One. Job Description Supervises and develops multi-platform converged enterprise engineering solutions targeted to meet existing, enhanced, and new platform solutions for business and infrastructure services. Leads, directs, or recommends cross-functional team targeted for system enhancements for system performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity. Evaluates product and service solutions. Key Responsibilities • Design, administer, and optimize enterprise IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL database environments across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid platforms. • Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Python, Ansible, Terraform, Shell scripting, and APIs to streamline database operations. • Automate critical processes including server provisioning, database deployments, patching, upgrades, certificate management, backup validation, and compliance checks . • Build self-service capabilities that enable users and engineering teams to provision and manage database environments with minimal manual intervention. • Lead database upgrades, migrations, modernization initiatives, and high-availability implementations to improve platform resiliency. • Implement and support AI-driven operational solutions for incident triage, root cause analysis, capacity forecasting, performance diagnostics, and runbook generation. • Establish and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) standards, Git-based workflows, and cloud-native database deployment practices across Azure and AWS environments. • Drive continuous improvement by reducing operational toil, improving service reliability, enhancing observability, and implementing self-healing automation solutions. . Basic Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience - At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment - At least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure Preferred Skills/Experience • Strong expertise administering IBM DB2 UDB and PostgreSQL databases, including installation, configuration, upgrades, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and security hardening. • Advanced proficiency in Python development and automation engineering with experience building scalable operational frameworks. • Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Git, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices . • Deep understanding of Linux administration , database replication technologies, clustering, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies. • Experience designing and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions in cloud and hybrid environments. • Knowledge of AI/GenAI technologies , machine learning-assisted operations, and intelligent automation applications for database management. • Familiarity with Azure, AWS, cloud-native database platforms, observability tools (Datadog), and monitoring solutions . • Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and ownership mindset with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive operational innovation. Location expectations This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of