Technology Manager (Database Administration)

Zions Bancorporation • Midvale, UT

8h

About The Position

Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming what it means to work for a financial institution. With a commitment to technology and innovation, we have been providing our community, clients and colleagues the best experience possible for over 150 years. Help us transform our workforce of the future, today.
We are seeking a Technology Manager for Database Administration to join Zions Bancorporation. The DBA Manager plays a key role in our infrastructure team and broader technology organization.
You will work with infrastructure leaders and engineers, Enterprise Architects, Information Security teams, banking system owners, and other technology stakeholders to support and deliver mission-critical services. You will cultivate partnerships with architecture and engineering practices to evolve our capabilities in areas like cloud enablement, system resiliency, and automation.
As a manager, you will be responsible for overseeing employee performance and development for your staff. You will establish, monitor, and ensure achievement of department goals and objectives. You will set and participate in formal Performance Goals and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and ensure proper documentation of policies and procedures for operational and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related degree
• 6+ years’ experience working with database technology platforms and interacting with relevant vendors from those fields (Oracle, Microsoft SQL, or DB2). A combination of education and experience may meet requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; must be able to communicate effectively with senior business and technical management, vendors, and team members
• Experience interacting with technology vendors, including contract analysis and license management
• Organizing team artifacts, projects, and work queues
• Producing, publishing, and distributing operational reports pertaining to the status of products and processes
• Analyzing and interpreting data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities
• Ability to solve problems, and review, analyze, and evaluate technical processes and procedures
• Exposure to both waterfall and agile delivery methodologies

Responsibilities

• Lead the team in support of critical business functions to meet organizational objectives.
• Guide the platforms toward a journey to cloud principles and cloud-based infrastructure solutions.
• Ensure the solutions meet the requirements of all stakeholders including business, technology, risk, and operations, with a secure, accurate, available, and compliant technology solution.
• Direct platform engineering, ensuring business fit and partnering with solution architecture teams for non-functional elements of platform implementation.
• Ensure the platform team has the needed technical skills, competencies, business domain expertise, process knowledge, industry sector knowledge, and capacity to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
• Manage vendor relationships, as needed, ensuring the vendors’ performance and contributions align with organizational objectives and strategy.
• Manage the total cost of ownership of the platform including hardware, software, FTE and contractors, and professional services of the application.
• Serve as Product Owner/Project Manager (POPM) through Agile/Kanban-style value delivery system.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE!
• Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• Health Savings (HSA), Flexible Spending (FSA) and dependent care accounts
• Paid Training, Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match, Profit Sharing, competitive compensation in line with work experience
• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
• Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees
• Employee Ambassador preferred banking products

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager