Senior Manager-Database Platforms

International Motors, LLC•Lisle, IL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager-Database Platforms leads strategy, operations, and governance for a large, heterogeneous enterprise database estate supporting mission-critical manufacturing workloads. Accountable for reliability, availability, security, compliance, and cost management across 3,000+ databases, this leader directs a blended on-shore/off-shore DBA organization and partners closely with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Application Owners, and vendors to keep platforms current (N-2), resilient (Zone A/Zone B), and audit-ready.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of database administration experience
At least 2 years of lead experience
OR Master's degree and at least 5 years of database administration experience
At least 2 years of lead experience
OR At least 12 years of database administration experience
At least 2 years of lead experience
Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States.
We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience supporting manufacturing enterprise workloads (ERP, supply chain, plant systems, analytics) with high availability and strict maintenance windows.
Familiarity with ITIL-based service management and metrics-driven operations; relevant certifications a plus (e.g., ITIL, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM).
Experience implementing automation and standardization (Infrastructure as Code concepts, scripting, self-service provisioning, policy-based configuration).
Experience with modern observability/monitoring platforms and capacity/performance engineering at enterprise scale.
Exposure to hybrid and/or cloud database services and migration patterns (where applicable to enterprise strategy).

Responsibilities

Lead multi-platform DBA operations and governance for availability, resiliency, and performance (Zone A/Zone B, RTO/RPO)
Drive N-2 lifecycle currency: roadmaps, upgrades, patch governance, and vulnerability remediation
Own backup/recovery standards, restore validation, and recovery testing
Enforce compatibility standards and partner with application/middleware owners to prevent unsupported configurations
Ensure licensing compliance, audit readiness, and vendor governance across major DB vendors
Manage budget, cost optimization, major incident response, and stakeholder communications