DBA Manager Job Des Moines area,Iowa USA,IT/Tech

Lead the enterprise Database Administration team responsible for the availability, performance, security, recoverability, and lifecycle management of database platforms. This is a hands-on technical leadership role that develops people and operational practices while directly contributing to architecture, troubleshooting, automation, upgrades, migrations, and complex production support.

What You'll Do In This Role:

Lead, coach, develop, and retain a team of database administrators; set priorities, performance expectations, career development plans, and succession strategies, and recruit talent as needed.
Remain hands-on as a senior database administrator and escalation point for complex incidents, performance issues, outages, and root-cause analysis, including after-hours support when required.
Own the operational health of enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments, including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, MongoDB, and other database technologies.
Drive automation of provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, patching, access administration, and compliance evidence to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.
Develop and maintain database monitoring and alerting capabilities, operational dashboards, on-call readiness, run-books, troubleshooting guides, and support procedures.
Oversee database-adjacent platforms and services assigned to the team, including reporting services and ETL/ELT data-load technologies.
Define database technology roadmaps and lifecycle plans; evaluate new capabilities and recommend investments that improve scalability, reliability, security, supportability, and cost effectiveness.
Manage database vendors, licensing, support agreements, renewals, and professional services at the operational and project levels.
Manage staffing, workload, budget, contractors, and offshore or nearshore resources; forecast skills and capacity required to meet operational and project commitments.