Manager, Database Adminstration
Yonkers, NY

Job Description

Position Overview

The Manager, Database Administration is a hands-on role responsible for overseeing the architecture and administration of databases and related data management application/systems (ETLs, Feeds, and Reporting) that serve both internal users and millions of CR's consumers. This role manages the team of database administrators and is responsible for executing solutions to support Consumer Reports' data management strategy and future data architecture of the organization.

Qualifications Include

* Bachelor degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or similar technical discipline is required.
* 7+ years of experience architecting and administrating large scale databases
* Strong knowledge and hands-on DBA experience with Oracle (database installations, security management, backup and recovery, performance tuning etc)
* Strong knowledge and hands-on DBA experience working with database services on AWS Cloud (RDS). (AWS Certifications are a plus )
* Strong knowledge and hands-on DBA experience with SQL, PL/SQL, and Unix shell Scripting.
* Working experience with object-oriented Programming languages, frameworks, BI Tools - Java/JEE, HTML, CSS, Javascript, REST APIs, Tableau. (One should be able to read/review the code and mentor team members)
* Basic knowledge of other DBMS Systems (MongoDB, BigQuery etc).
* Experience in development and implementation of large-scale data migrations, ETLs, Data Feeds, and Reports.
* Experience working in ECommerce domain is a plus.
* Experience working with modern tools in the Agile software development life cycle - Version Control Systems (Ex. git, github, Stash/BitBucket), Knowledge Management (Ex. Confluence, Google Docs), Development Workflow (Ex. Jira), Continuous Integration (Ex. Bamboo), Real Time Collaboration (Ex. Hipchat, Slack)

Key Responsibilities

* Manage a team of highly skilled DBAs responsible for capacity planning, installation, on-going maintenance of all our databases that support various Ecommerce Applications and Internal Data Management Applications.
* Oversee and manage capacity planning, installation, on-going maintenance (upgrades, patches, monitoring, regular backups etc) of all databases that support various Data Management Applications at CR.
* Architect, administer, and provide 24*7 support to ensure zero downtime to the production applications.
* Collaborate with multiple cross functional teams and business leaders (System Admins, DevOps, Ecommerce Engineering, Web Engineering) to understand their data / database needs and provide/implement strategic solutions as needed.
* Drive efforts to streamline database administration by contributing to the implementation of a continuous monitoring model and automating manual processes.
* Oversee the development and maintenance of data feeds and reports.
* Create and present proposals for future database architecture that support business strategies.
* Responsible for defining and execute database cloud migration strategy.
* Troubleshoot complex problems regarding the databases, applications and development tools; Perform ongoing tuning of the database instances; controls migrations of programs, database changes, and reference data changes through the development lifecycle.
* Responsible for hiring, development and evaluation of applications development staff; coaches and mentors more junior staff.
* Performs other duties as assigned.