Software Engineering Manager (Oracle Database Manager)
About The Position
The Oracle Operations Manager leads the team responsible for the reliability, availability, security, and performance of enterprise Oracle database environments. This role oversees production support, incident response, problem management, change management, patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, backup and recovery, and capacity planning. The manager partners with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, architecture, risk, and audit teams to ensure Oracle platforms meet business, regulatory, and operational requirements. This position requires a forward-thinking leader who promotes automation, artificial intelligence, standardization, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of relevant technical experience
- Five or more years of leading a software engineering team
Nice To Haves
- Strong experience in databases, infrastructure, or technology operations experience.
- Strong experience supporting enterprise Oracle database environments.
- Strong knowledge of site reliability engineering disciplines, including monitoring, incident management, automation, availability, and continuous improvement.
- Experience with database patching, upgrades, backup and recovery, performance management, capacity planning, and security remediation.
- Strong leadership, decision-making, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead technical teams during high-impact incidents and complex operational changes.
- Experience working with vendors, licensing, risk, audit, and regulatory requirements.
- Forward-thinking approach with a strong interest in automation, artificial intelligence, and modern database operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead Oracle database production support and daily operational activities.
- Manage incidents, problems, changes, escalations, and service restoration.
- Ensure database availability, performance, capacity, backup, and recovery requirements are met.
- Direct database patching, upgrades, lifecycle management, and vulnerability remediation.
- Establish and maintain operational standards, procedures, documentation, inventories, and performance metrics.
- Partner with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, architecture, risk, and audit teams.
- Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and operational readiness.
- Manage Oracle vendor support relationships and licensing considerations.
- Promote automation and AI for database provisioning, patching, monitoring, compliance, recovery, and routine support activities.
- Identify opportunities to reduce risk, improve reliability, and increase operational efficiency.
- Lead, develop, and mentor database operations professionals.
- Provide clear communication to technical teams, business partners, and senior leadership.
Benefits
- Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
- Basic term and optional term life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Pregnancy disability and parental leave
- 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
- Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
- Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
- Adoption assistance
- Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
