Database Services Manager

Description

Job Overview

A hands-on Manager Database Services who thrives in a dynamic work environment, this role involves leading a database service team, and working with cross-functional IT and business teams to ensure high security, high availability, high performance Pet Valu databases, including but not limited to on-prime and cloud-based SQL server, Oracle databases. This role is accountable for database operations and ensures that all databases meet compliance requirements. This role will also build out a short-term plan and a long-term database platform strategy and cloud migration plan that align with the IT strategy to continue supporting business needs. This role will design, develop, implement and support database solutions that empower the business with timely, actionable information. The Manager Database Services is a self-starter, thorough in their work, and able to build a high performing database services team. Additionally, this role acts as mentor on database development best practices, both for the development teams and for the business.

Essential Duties

Coach, motivate, and guide Database Services team members. Be accountable for database operations to ensure databases meet compliance, security, performance, availability requirements. Collaborate, support other IT departments and business partners on database development requests. Design, build Pet Valu database monitoring / alerting to ensure databases are closed monitored to minimalize downtime. Define / maintain enterprise-wide standards, best practices, policies on database development, security, operation, and availability. Involved in different IT projects to provide database solutions to project teams. Proactively involved in troubleshooting of database issues, provides technical directions that lead to problem resolution. Rotated 24 / 7 Application on call support. Other tasks as assigned.

Skills, Experience, Education, Certifications

• At least 7 years of database administrator experience.
• 5 years of IT leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s in computer science or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to lead, direct and manage team members.
• Experience building and maintaining production and nonproduction database environments, including but not limited to on-prime and cloud-based SQL Server, Oracle databases.
• Deep knowledge and experience with Azure, GCP.
• Experience deploying and managing in-house / cloud-hosted database services.
• Experience with large scale systems involving reporting, transactional systems and integration with other enterprise systems.
• Have in-depth knowledge of management goals and visions and work in line with team members to achieve them.
• Working with high performing technology teams.
• Collaborate with the Business Analysts in requirements gathering, prototyping and requirements validation. Analyze and verify technical requirements for completeness, consistency, feasibility, and testability.
• Resolving technical issues through troubleshooting & investigation.
• Design and develop appropriate processes and procedures to ensure proactive database monitoring.
• Experience with Retail systems including point-of-sales, warehousing / distribution, and merchandising systems.

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