Title : Director Database Engineering

Location : McLean VA, Boston MA Tampa FL, Dallas TX Jersey City, NJ

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Database Engineering team is responsible for managing public and private cloud databases and responsible for the design, build, and operational aspects of the database.
• The Director Database Engineering is responsible for leading the cloud database team and will be responsible for the strategy, design, implementation, and operations of the cloud database solutions.
• You and your team will engage with the infrastructure and application development teams and support the adoption of cloud database solutions and provide a clear path to migrate from the private cloud to the public cloud.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead engineering and support teams that will support modernization efforts.
• Collaborate and align with the modernization plans of the cloud platform team and the application development teams.
• Create a mature Aurora PostgreSQL database service that is attuned to the customer’s needs by promoting self-service capabilities.
• Extensive involvement in audit and regulatory reviews for all items related to the cloud database space.
• Encourage & lead automation initiatives for public and private cloud databases.
• Strong people leadership to empower, encourage, and engage.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience of database engineering, delivery, and support.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience
• Ability to work across teams to create partnerships that achieve organization goals, and passionate about building an innovative culture.
• Ability to technically lead the cloud database technology team along with providing transparency and insight that can be consumed by business teams.
• Proven understanding of AWS cloud database technologies.
• Passionate about building a strong team to support the organization’s goal for modernization.
• Solid understanding of automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, Groovy, Jenkins, and GitLab.
• Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle management & the Agile methodology.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $180,000.00 - $2,000,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Yearly pay

Experience level:

• 11 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Management: 1 year (Preferred)
• Aurora: 5 years (Required)
• PostgreSQL: 5 years (Required)
• AWS: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Jersey City, NJ 07310 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Jersey City, NJ 07310: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person