Position Overview
The Senior Manager-Database Platforms leads strategy, operations, and governance for a large, heterogeneous enterprise database estate supporting mission-critical manufacturing workloads.
Accountable for reliability, availability, security, compliance, and cost management across 3,000+ databases, this leader directs a blended on-shore/off-shore DBA organization and partners closely with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Application Owners, and vendors to keep platforms current (N-2), resilient (Zone A/Zone B), and audit-ready.
Scope & Scale:
- Enterprise database estate: 3,000+ databases across production and non-production environments
- Team leadership: 25+ (blended on-shore/off-shore) DBAs providing 24x7 support and on-call coverage
- Platforms: SQL Server, Oracle (incl. Apps/EBS), Teradata, DB2 (z/OS & LUW), MongoDB, MariaDB, Hadoop/IMS/RDB (as applicable), plus Control-M, Grid Infrastructure, SolarWinds, SOA, DataStage, Azure
This is an Onsite position. Candidates must reside in the local market
Responsibilities
- Lead multi-platform DBA operations and governance for availability, resiliency, and performance (Zone A/Zone B, RTO/RPO)
- Drive N-2 lifecycle currency: roadmaps, upgrades, patch governance, and vulnerability remediation
- Own backup/recovery standards, restore validation, and recovery testing
- Enforce compatibility standards and partner with application/middleware owners to prevent unsupported configurations
- Ensure licensing compliance, audit readiness, and vendor governance across major DB vendors
- Manage budget, cost optimization, major incident response, and stakeholder communications
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of database administration experience
- At least 2 years of lead experience
OR
- Master's degree and at least 5 years of database administration experience
- At least 2 years of lead experience
OR
- At least 12 years of database administration experience
- At least 2 years of lead experience
Additional Requirements
- Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)
Desired Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Experience supporting manufacturing enterprise workloads (ERP, supply chain, plant systems, analytics) with high availability and strict maintenance windows.
- Familiarity with ITIL-based service management and metrics-driven operations; relevant certifications a plus (e.g., ITIL, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM).
- Experience implementing automation and standardization (Infrastructure as Code concepts, scripting, self-service provisioning, policy-based configuration).
- Experience with modern observability/monitoring platforms and capacity/performance engineering at enterprise scale.
- Exposure to hybrid and/or cloud database services and migration patterns (where applicable to enterprise strategy).
