Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 3 database engineers/administrators
- Set priorities, assign work, and ensure timely delivery of team objectives
- Conduct performance reviews and support career development
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous improvement culture
- Oversee administration of distributed database systems (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, or cloud-native databases)
- Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and data integrity processes
- Monitor performance, capacity, and system health; drive optimization efforts
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis for production issues
- Partner with architecture and application teams to design scalable, resilient data solutions
- Define standards and best practices for distributed data platforms
- Evaluate and implement new technologies to enhance performance and reliability
- Lead database-related projects including upgrades, migrations, and platform enhancements
- Develop project plans, estimates, and timelines
- Coordinate cross-functionally with infrastructure, cloud, security, and development teams
- Ensure adherence to data security, governance, and regulatory requirements
- Implement and maintain access controls, encryption, and audit capabilities
- Maintain documentation for systems, processes, and controls
- Support budget planning and cost optimization, including cloud spend
- Manage vendor relationships, licensing, and support agreements
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Team size: 3. Structure: Manager leading a team of 3 database engineers/administrators
Additional Information
- Participation in on-call rotation or off-hours support as needed
- Fast-paced, collaborative technology environment supporting critical business systems
