Global CMS DB Team Manager — Cloud & Automation Focus

Trimble Inc.; Newcastle; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Trimble is seeking a Global CMS Database Administration Team Manager to lead a worldwide DBA organization, shape strategy, and drive modernization of CMS database platforms in the cloud. You will champion automation, resilience, and security across AWS and Azure, mentor top technical talent, and partner with Cloud Operations and Site Reliability Engineering to ensure scalable, high-availability services.

This Newcastle-based role combines strategic leadership with hands-on governance in a

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and leading globally distributed or multi-region DBA teams.
• Extensive experience working with enterprise-level database technologies, including cloud database operations (AWS/Azure).
• In-depth expertise in database architecture, high availability, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and operational security.
• Proven track record supporting high-availability, business-critical customer-facing software applications.

Responsibilities

• Champion an elite, globally distributed team of DBAs across regions, fostering a follow-the-sun operating model focused on continuous improvement, mentorship, and operational brilliance.
• Drive high-impact database platform modernization and automation initiatives using cloud-native tools, Infrastructure as Code, and automated lifecycle processes to minimize manual overhead.
• Partner strategically with Cloud Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, and Product leaders to ensure mission-critical application resiliency, ultimate scalability, and top-tier performance.
• Direct global disaster recovery strategies, high availability architectures, and robust security policies to proactively safeguard enterprise data across relational and NoSQL platforms.

Skills

Global team leadership

Cloud database operations (AWS/Azure)

High availability

Disaster recovery

Operational security

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

PowerShell

CI/CD

Job description

Trimble is seeking a Global CMS Database Administration Team Manager to lead a worldwide DBA organization, shape strategy, and drive modernization of CMS database platforms in the cloud. You will champion automation, resilience, and security across AWS and Azure, mentor top technical talent, and partner with Cloud Operations and Site Reliability Engineering to ensure scalable, high-availability services.

This Newcastle-based role combines strategic leadership with hands-on governance in a