Database manager Jobs in Chula Vista, CA

Job Overview :

The Database Manager will lead the MS SQL team for enterprise data platforms. As a senior leader in Infrastructure and Operations organization, you will have the opportunity to define / execute database platform strategy / vision and roadmap for cloud and hybrid-cloud. This role will define next generation data architecture / platforms and be accountable for engineering of highly scalable data solutions. This position is a people manager role for a team of Full Time, Contract, and Managed Service resources.

Responsibilities :

Develop and lead infrastructure platform engineering team responsible for cloud enterprise data platform architecture and engineering

Provide Tier 3 engineering support ensuring effective 24x7x365 support for assigned technology including vendor escalation

Develop / attract / retain top talent to build and maintain a world class organization

Build / Maintain strong partnerships with IT stakeholders including Delivery Engineering, Application Development, Architecture, Security and Operations to ensure technology investment enables / drives business strategy

Foster and drive organizational change through technology and process optimization

Establish KPIs to measure organization performance and effectiveness

Manage ongoing vendor relationships including evaluation products and services

Lead database platform transformation / modernization supporting always-on enterprise applications and services

Accelerate infrastructure transformation to provision / manage infrastructure through infrastructure as code (IaC) to enable self-service and reduce handoffs

Collaborate with IT stakeholders to develop, communicate and execute a multi-year technology strategy to simplify architecture and delivery model

Partner with architecture team to drive tool and data platform alignment to modern data architecture practices (modern data stack).

Provide thought leadership for platform and data architecture as move transition to hybrid-cloud

Partner with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity organizations to integrate disaster recovery processes with day-to-day technology engineering and operations

What are we looking for?

We want  strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience . We are looking for people who thrive in a  fast-paced environment ,  are client-focused ,  team oriented , and are able to execute in a way that encourages  creativity  and  continuous improvement .

Requirements :

10+ years of people leadership with a passion for performance management for highly skilled teams within a large company (Fortune 500)

10+ years of optimizing processes for a highly performant team including work intake / management, capacity management, stakeholder partnership, vendor management, and managed provider expertise

5 years demonstrated technology and people leadership experience in architecting / deploying highly scalable data solutions for on, near, and offshore teams

Proven track record of infrastructure transformation focused on infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for end-to-end infrastructure deployment automation

Core Competencies :

Proven expertise to evaluate, prototype, and onboard data platforms

Proven track record developing, communicating and executing multi-year technology strategy and roadmaps

Ability to convey technical solutions to the entire organization and experience working with senior leaders across the firm to leverage technology to drive positive business outcomes

Highly collaborative with experience in leading and influencing teams

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the regulatory, security, privacy and risk safeguards required of a global financial institution

Excellent oral and written communication skills; strong executive presence

Proven expertise in database platforms (SQL Server / Always On, ORACLE / RAC, PostgreSQL), AWS RDS, Dynamo DB

Proven expertise in cloud data services such as OLTP, ODS, data lake and analytics platforms

Proven expertise in data warehousing, big data and analytics platforms (RedShift, EMR, Dataiku, Tableau, Presto)

Agile mindset; Possess a thorough understanding of modern work practices such as DevOps, Continuous Delivery, Agile project Delivery

Extensive experience utilizing management configuration tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CF) to manage data platforms at scale

Preferences :

AWS LZ, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, RedShift, RDS, Snowflake, ECS, EKS, RDS, Transit Gateway, Storage Gateway, Glacier, EBS, EFS, S3, IAM, Lamdba, Jira, Terraform, GridGain Cache, FiveTran HVR

CI / CD (GitHub, Atlassian, Jenkins, Puppet, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, JSON, YAML)

Agile Methodologies : Scrum / Kanban