Manager, Database Administration

13 Nov 2026
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THE POSITION: The Manager, Database Administration provides strategic and operational leadership for enterprise database services across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) environments. This individual leads a team of database professionals responsible for the availability, performance, security, scalability, and continuous improvement of critical business data platforms.This role is accountable for developing and executing the enterprise database services strategy, including cloud modernization, operational excellence, automation, capacity planning, and database lifecycle management. The manager oversees service delivery, project intake, resource allocation, and operational priorities while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.Working closely with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, Security, Architecture, and Application Development teams, this leader ensures database services are reliable, secure, cost-effective, and aligned with evolving business requirements.The ideal candidate combines strong technical foundations with people leadership, sound judgment, strategic thinking, and a passion for developing high-performing teams.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams.  These results are achieved by:Lead and Develop a High-Performing Database Administration Team: Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and professional development for database professionals. Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team culture that promotes technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.Drive Enterprise Database Strategy and Modernization: Develop and execute a database technology roadmap supporting enterprise architecture standards, cloud adoption, application modernization, and business growth. Guide the evolution of database services across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud platforms, including Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, AWS, GCP, and emerging database technologies.Ensure Database Reliability, Performance, and Operational Excellence: Oversee the availability, performance, capacity, security, and lifecycle management of enterprise database platforms. Establish operational standards for proactive monitoring, incident management, patching, backup and recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery to support business continuity and service reliability.Manage Service Delivery, Resource Planning, and Operational Priorities: Direct database project intake, work prioritization, resource allocation, and service request management. Balance operational commitments with strategic initiatives, establish clear service ownership and accountability, and ensure effective communication with business and technology stakeholders.Advance Automation, DevOps, and Database Engineering Practices: Champion database automation, Infrastructure as Code, standardized deployments, configuration management, and continuous integration and delivery practices. Partner with engineering teams to improve database provisioning, change management, release processes, and operational efficiency.Strengthen Architecture, Security, and Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Application Development, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Engineering, DevOps/SRE, and Information Security teams to establish scalable, secure, and supportable database solutions. Provide technical guidance on database architecture, performance optimization, access controls, data protection, and regulatory compliance, including HIPAA and the protection of sensitive information.Drive Continuous Improvement, Financial Accountability, and Risk Reduction: Identify opportunities to simplify the database technology landscape, optimize infrastructure and licensing costs, reduce technical debt, and improve operational resilience. Establish meaningful service performance indicators, communicate risks and improvement opportunities to leadership, and support informed technology investment decisions.Demonstrate the Core Values of Eversana, but specifically “Always Innovate”All other duties as assigned Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of EVERSANA to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by an employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for EVERSANA. If reasonable accommodation is needed to perform the essential functions of your job position, please contact Human Resources.EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:Travel 10%Hours 40 per week, 5 days of the weekThe above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the expectations of the position and shall not be construed as the only expectations that may be assigned for the position.An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the expectations listed above.

  • ID: #55400890
  • State: Illinois Chicago 60601 Chicago USA
  • City: Chicago
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Full-time
  • Showed: 2026-11-13
  • Deadline: 2027-01-12
  • Category: Et cetera
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