AVP, Enterprise Database Platforms & Operations

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Database Strategy & Architecture
• Define and own the enterprise database platform strategy
• Translate business and application needs into standardized, scalable database platform capabilities
• Establish reference architectures, standards, patterns, and multi-year roadmaps aligned to business, security, and regulatory requirements
• Drive capacity planning, performance engineering, scalability, and resiliency design across on-prem and Azure environments
• Database Engineering, Automation & AIOps
• Lead enterprise adoption of automation-first and self-service database platforms
• Stand up standardized, repeatable database provisioning and configuration pipelines to reduce manual intervention
• Build and govern Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines for Database-as-Code
• Enable automated provisioning, configuration, schema versioning, and standardized builds
• Advance AIOps capabilities for predictive insights and proactive incident detection
• Integrate automation and AIOps with observability and ITSM workflows
• Cloud, Hybrid & Migration Leadership
• Lead large-scale database migrations from on-premises to Azure and hybrid cloud platforms
• Define migration strategies including re-hosting, re-platforming, modernization, and consolidation
• Prioritize and sequence migration initiatives based on business impact, risk, and cost optimization opportunities
• Optimize cloud platforms for availability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Establish cloud operational, resiliency, and security standards
• Operations, ITSM & Platform Reliability
• Own 24x7 production operations with strict SLAs
• Ensure clear ownership models, escalation paths, and accountability across global support teams
• Adhere to ITSM processes including incident, problem, and change management
• Drive a proactive reliability model rather than reactive support
• Business Continuity, Resiliency & Cyber Recovery
• Ensure platforms meet RTO/RPO and resiliency standards
• Define cyber-recovery and ransomware readiness strategies in partnership with the Business Resiliency office
• Implement immutable backups, clean-room recovery, and scenario testing
• Continuously validate recovery readiness through testing and measurable outcomes
• Product Lifecycle & Platform Management
• Manage platform lifecycle from ideation through retirement
• Drive refresh, upgrades, standardization, and technical debt reduction
• Rationalize platforms and reduce unnecessary technology sprawl where possible
• Align platform roadmaps with modernization and cloud initiatives
• Metrics, KPIs & Executive Reporting
• Establish platform health, reliability, cost, and automation metrics
• Provide executive dashboards for availability, utilization, cost, and efficiency
• Regularly communicate platform health, risks, and trade-offs to senior leadership in business terms
• Use data insights to drive investment and prioritization
• Financial Management & Cost Optimization
• Own financials including budgeting, forecasting, and multi-year planning
• Drive FinOps practices including license optimization and capacity right-sizing
• Deliver measurable cost savings while maintaining reliability
• Balance cost optimization with performance and risk tolerance expectations
• People Leadership, Talent & Global Delivery
• Lead large global onshore/offshore teams
• Drive skills modernization and workforce transformation
• Foster a culture of innovation, automation, and accountability
• Build a leadership bench and succession pipeline within the organization
• Stakeholder Partnership
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Application, Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, and Business leaders
• Translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and resilient database solutions
• Communicate with executives on risk, roadmap, and operational health

  Qualifications

  • 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise database architecture, engineering, and operations
  • Proven experience operating in a senior leadership role with accountability for large-scale, 24x7 production environments
  • Deep hands-on expertise across enterprise database platforms including Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis
  • Demonstrated experience leading database modernization and migration programs across on-premises, hybrid, and Azure environments
  • Strong expertise in performance tuning, resiliency engineering, cyber recovery, observability, ITSM, security controls, and governance practices
  • Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and people leadership skills
  • Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical credibility