Position: Database Administrator, Lead (located in Romania)
Company: Sectigo
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

The Database Administration Team Lead will provide technical and integration leadership for Sectigo’s data platforms. The Team Lead will establish, manage, and improve the processes related to the enforcement of DBA standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines, 24/7 DBA operations, production support, code promotions and upkeep of an always on database infrastructure. This role will ensure Sectigo can rely on resilient, scalable, and performant database platforms while developing innovative and strategic data management solutions. 

**Responsibilities:**

• Own business-critical database administration across the organization including Oracle and working towards incorporating PostgreSQL, and other enterprise-level DBOSs in use at Sectigo. 

• Provide technical leadership, managing resource assignment and project prioritization for the maintenance and performance improvement of all database activities. 

• Provide guidance and manage staff, train, develop and retain a talented and geographically diverse team to ensure scalable operations and further develop innovative approaches to data management. 

• Determine relevant KPIs to measure team’s ability to complete work assignments and projects. 

• Manage the nLightn-IT relationship. 

• Constantly plan the improvement of SASP and other enterprise databases with respect to data protection, disaster recovery and high availability. 

• Drive the 19c upgrade to its successful conclusion by EoY2020. 

• Develop and manage operations standards, documentation, governance, procedures, and best practices. 

• Partner with CIO to provide the best technology recommendations for business requirements and ensure solutions align to strategic direction. 

• Guide cost-benefit analyses, as well as support a detailed definition of database resource requirements; Optimize and consolidate database deployments where possible to manage licensing costs. 

• Ensure all database platforms are adhering to policies defined by the security organization. 

• Monitor changes in the industry that affect database platforms to provide continuous improvement in processes, procedures, tools, technologies, and capabilities. 

• Measure, analyze, track and report business, process, and quality metrics to achieve targets while examining trends and identifying areas for improvement. 

• Review and analyze existing implementations, configurations, and optimizations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of databases. 

• Review requests for database implementation changes required to meet needs of the stakeholders and/or required by the addition of capabilities. 

• Determine data storage, archival, retention, backup, restore and optimization requirements based on new priorities, changes in application functionality and system needs. 

• Prepare regular reports showing DB metrics, trends, and performance. 

• Provide technical leadership and information required in the preparation of annual budget, including needs for upgrading hardware and software, system and resources needed for all system needs. 

• Maintain the confidentiality of data consistent to accepted policies, practices, guidelines and laws. 

• Advocate for the proper use of the organizations data assets. 

• Provide project management and leadership to staff and external resources in support of established goals and objectives, improved efficiencies, and problem resolution.  

• Ensure accomplishment of all objectives in accordance with company policies, procedures, and strategic direction, as well as regulatory standards.  

• Additional responsibilities and special project as assigned. 

 

**Qualifications:**

• 10+ years of database development and administration 

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, e.g., budget development and administration, policy development and implementation, personnel administration, staff training and development.  

• Ability to establish priorities, work independently and proceed with objectives without supervision. 

• Demonstrated ability to drive high standards for everyone to accomplish established goals. 

• Ability to clearly communicate information and ideas to individuals and teams in an articulate, focused, and compelling way.  

• Analytical skills with ability to compare information from multiple sources to identify core issues and use data to make decisions. 

• Deep understanding of cloud technology, business and operations and ability to make recommendations. 

• Experience resolving issues or enhancements requested for changes and implementation according to business rules. 

• Ability to thrive in a global, fast-paced and deadline driven environment with changing priorities.