Vice President - DBA Lead

About the position
This role is responsible for architecting, designing secured databases for Microservices, API's and other state-of-the-art applications. He/she is also responsible for high performance and secured migrations from Trustees to the on-perm platform adhering to strict governance processes. This person shall lead a team of DBAs.

Responsibilities
•    Architect and implement scalable, high-availability infrastructure on on-perm Cloud using services like Oracle, MS SQL and Redis. 
•    Architect, design and execute homogeneous and heterogenous database migrations from Trustees to the centralized database platform
•    Design and implement a Disaster Recovery Solution and a Near Zero Downtime maintenance architecture to minimize business interruptions.
•    Lead the design and execution of eMPFA enterprise data architecture strategy across a complex ecosystem. 
•    Architect scalable and secure data solutions that meet evolving regulatory requirements. 
•    Create reusable, scheme-oriented data models that promote consistency, interoperability, and self-service across business units.
•    Define and implement architectural patterns supporting both real-time and batch data processing by scheme and cross schemes. 
•    Implement monitoring solutions using Oracle OEM and AppDynamics and SiteScope, and other tools to ensure the performance, availability, and reliability of applications.
•    Apply security best practices to safeguard the database platform and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
•    Diagnose and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployments, and application performance.
•    Define and implement Oracle password integration with external Secret Vaults and automate password rotation of services accounts. 
•    Work closely with development teams to integrate Platform practices and support continuous improvement efforts.
•    Identify performance problems and work with various cross functional teams to resolve them efficiently. 
•    Participate in agile sprints including story writing, planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions, reviews, and post-mortem.
•    Understand API/microservice architecture and can participate in architecture discussions of applications and suggest the right database.
•    Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to automate deployment processes.

Requirements
•    Bachelor's Degree with minimum 15+ years of experience in Technology or in lieu of degree, minimum of 15 years of experience in Technology.
•    Minimum 15 years of strong Technical Expertise in one of the RDBMS: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server.
•    Proficient with monitoring and logging tools such as Oracle OEM, AppDynamics, Grafana, and SiteScope.
•    Familiar with Imperva database fire wall tool and CSI Database Security standard 
•    Ability to quickly learn innovative technologies and frameworks.
•    Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, action plans, impact, and resolution options.
•    Independent and able to lead a team of high-performance DBAs, and willing to work under a tight schedule (i.e. support 7 x 24)