Vice President, Senior Database Administrator

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise database architecture standards, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Evaluate emerging database technologies and recommend adoption strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Establish best practices for scalability, resiliency, and performance optimization.
• Lead and mentor both on-shore and off-shore database administration teams.
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party service providers.
• Develop governance frameworks for cloud database provisioning, cost optimization, and operational controls.
• Partner with Cloud Engineering and DevOps teams to implement automation, CI/CD integration, and platform observability with a heavy emphasis on Infrastructure as Code.
• Ensure database platforms meet enterprise security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams on vulnerability management, encryption standards, and access governance.
• Implement secure configuration baselines and data protection strategies.
• Drive automation and standardization of database operations.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and proactive maintenance practices.
• Improve reliability through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support enterprise programs including cloud migrations, platform upgrades, and data center transitions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of progressive database administration experience in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated expertise across multiple database platforms (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake, MongoDB, DB2, Redshift, etc.).
• Proven experience managing hybrid cloud and on-prem database deployments.
• Experience leading distributed technical teams including offshore resources.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.
• Ability to balance governance with engineering innovation.
• Strong incident leadership and crisis management experience.
• Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and enterprise security practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Autonomous Database, AWS RDS, or large-scale cloud-native data platforms.
• Experience supporting mission-critical or regulated environments.
• Knowledge of data warehousing, analytics platforms, and modern data engineering patterns.

Employee Programs & Benefits

CCI offers competitive benefits and programs to support our employees, their families and local communities. These include:

• Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement and life insurance benefits.
• Employee assistance & wellness programs.
• Parental and family leave policies.
• Credit Union membership.
• Charitable contribution match program.
• Tuition assistance & reimbursement.
• Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards.
• Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities.
• Competitive paid time off.
• Continued learning opportunities.

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