Database Operations Manager

Database Operations Manager

The Database Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the administration, performance, availability, security, and operational support of enterprise database environments. This role leads a team of Database Administrators (DBAs), ensures database systems meet business and service-level requirements, and drives automation, optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives across on-premises and cloud platforms.

• Lead and manage day-to-day database operations across multiple database platforms (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Mongo
  
  DB, etc.).
• Manage a team of DBAs, including resource planning, performance management, mentoring, and skill development.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, security, and performance of production databases.
• Oversee database monitoring, incident management, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.
• Plan and execute database upgrades, migrations, patching, backups, recovery, and disaster recovery testing.
• Establish and maintain database operational standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and cloud teams to support business initiatives.
• Drive automation initiatives using scripting and database management tools to improve operational efficiency.
• Manage capacity planning, performance tuning, and database optimization activities.
• Ensure compliance with security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Support cloud database platforms such as AWS RDS, Aurora, Azure SQL, or Google Cloud SQL.
• Prepare operational reports, KPIs, SLAs, and executive dashboards.
• Participate in change management and release management processes.
• Manage vendor relationships and coordinate support activities with database vendors.

• Team Leadership
• Database Administration
• Incident & Problem Management
• Performance Tuning
• Capacity Planning
• Disaster Recovery
• Cloud Database Management
• Vendor Management
• Automation & Dev Ops
• Stakeholder Communication

Sunnyvale, CA

$80,000-$140,000 a Year