Manager Database Administrator

Amerihealth Caritas•Edgmont Township, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

ACFC is seeking an experienced Manager, Database Administrator to lead the team responsible for the reliability, security, performance, and modernization of enterprise database platforms. The role combines people leadership, technical governance, operational accountability, and platform strategy across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. Platforms include Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and AWS database services. This is a hybrid, office-based position at the Ellis Preserve office in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; remote days are Monday and Friday. For remote work, a reliable high-speed internet connection with at least 50 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload is required. Fully remote associates in states where service is required by contract, law, or regulation may submit for reimbursement. The manager leads and develops database administrators and engineers, owns database platform strategy and governance, and ensures database services are available, secure, performant, scalable, and resilient. The role oversees database operations and lifecycle activities, drives modernization and cloud adoption, leads incident and problem management, establishes security and audit-ready processes, and manages vendors, licensing, budgets, resources, and service reporting. The position partners with technology, security, risk, audit, business, and other teams to deliver reliable, well-governed enterprise database services and reduce operational risk.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least 10 years of progressive database administration or engineering experience in enterprise environments.
At least 3 years leading technical teams or major database operations.
Demonstrated experience supporting multiple platforms such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, or AWS RDS.
Strong knowledge of database architecture, performance optimization, backup and recovery, high availability and disaster recovery, security, capacity planning, and lifecycle management.
Experience supporting mission-critical systems in on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
Proven ability to lead incidents, modernization programs, cross-functional initiatives, and technical governance.
Strong people leadership, communication, vendor management, financial management, prioritization, and stakeholder partnership skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare, insurance, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
Experience leading cloud migrations, database modernization, automation, or platform transformation programs.
Familiarity with PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, observability platforms, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
Relevant Microsoft Azure, Oracle, AWS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, ITIL, or cloud architecture certifications.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop Database Administrators and Engineers; establish priorities, performance objectives, standards, and an accountable service culture.
Own the strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and governance for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, AWS RDS, and related database platforms.
Ensure database availability, security, performance, capacity, scalability, and resiliency across production and non-production environments.
Oversee installations, upgrades, migrations, patching, backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery testing, and capacity planning.
Drive cloud adoption, platform modernization, consolidation, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and DevOps integration.
Lead major incident response, technical escalations, problem management, root cause analysis, and corrective action tracking for database services.
Partner with Application Development, Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Data Engineering, Information Security, Risk, Audit, and business teams.
Establish security controls, access governance, encryption, vulnerability remediation, documentation, and audit-ready operational processes.
Manage vendors, licensing, support escalations, technology evaluations, budgets, resource planning, and service performance reporting.
Build a high-performing team and deliver reliable, secure, scalable, and well-governed enterprise database services.
Reduce operational risk and manual effort through automation, standardization, proactive monitoring, and disciplined lifecycle management.
Advance cloud and modernization priorities while strengthening partnerships across technology, security, risk, and business teams.