Database Director - Director Database Engineering (Strong Handson with Aurora, AWS and Automation)

Director Database Engineering
Dallas, TX or Tampa, FL or Jersey City, NJ or Mclean, VA or Boston, MA Hybrid (3D Onsite 2D Remote)
Fulltime Permanent

The impact you will have in this role:

The Database Engineering team is responsible for managing CLIENTs 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.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering and support teams that will support CLIENT s 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.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience of database engineering, delivery, and support.
• Bachelor s degree and/or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• 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.