Sr. Database Platform Manager

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The Sr. Database Platform Manager is a strategic leadership position in the Platform Engineering Team responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and optimal performance of T. Rowe Price’s global technology and services. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and execute the platform strategy, vision, and roadmap for cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

As a key contributor to the resilience and efficiency of T. Rowe Price’s technology infrastructure, this position drives organizational success and supports ongoing growth. The Sr Manager will lead dynamic teams and champion transformational change in a fast-paced, evolving landscape.

Drive infrastructure platform modernization to support always-on enterprise applications and services.

Develop and implement strategies that ensure performance, security, scalability, and efficiency, advancing the cloud-first initiative.

Partner with IT stakeholders to craft, communicate, and execute multi-year technology roadmaps aimed at simplifying architecture and delivery models.

Collaborate cross-functionally with software development, IT operations, architecture, security, and product management to ensure seamless service integration and delivery.

Lead major enterprise initiatives to migrate data platforms and applications from on-premises data centers to the cloud.

Build, mentor, and expand a high-performing platform engineering team, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and continuously improving culture.

Oversee the design, implementation, and operation of database systems to maintain high availability, reliability, and peak performance.

Set and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level objectives (SLOs) to drive system reliability improvements.

Proactively identify and mitigate system risks, including capacity planning, incident management, and disaster recovery.

Enhance monitoring and alerting systems to track resource utilization, query performance, and overall system health.

Establish processes for trend analysis within monitoring data to anticipate and address potential issues.

Lead cross-functional efforts to diagnose root causes of instability and implement short- and long-term improvements.

Champion automation tools and practices to boost operational efficiency and reduce manual work.

Implement and refine CI/CD processes to accelerate delivery, enhance developer experience, and minimize downtime.

Promote infrastructure as code (IaC) and other modern practices to streamline operations and support scalability.

Measure and report on the impact of automation initiatives, demonstrating productivity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness gains.

Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation.

Lead initiatives to optimize system architecture and infrastructure for scalability and future adaptability.

Foster a culture of experimentation and learning, encouraging the team to explore new approaches.

Use metrics and feedback loops to measure the impact of…