Database Operations Lead - Cloud, HA & Automation

Tractor Supply; Brentwood (TN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Company-paid life and disability

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption and surrogacy assistance

Job summary

Tractor Supply Company is seeking a Team Lead, IT Database to lead our enterprise database platforms across on-premise and cloud environments. You will ensure availability, performance, recoverability, and security while guiding a team of engineers and DBAs.

The role blends deep database expertise with leadership, automation, and continuous improvement in a hybrid work setting. Responsibilities include DR planning, backup and failover design, monitoring and incident response, and cross-team

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT experience focused on relational database management and administration.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for mission-critical databases.
• Design and maintain backup, replication, and failover strategies meeting RTO/RPO.
• Oversee database performance monitoring, alerting, and telemetry standards.
• Own incident response for database outages and data loss events.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of database engineers and admins.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams on database initiatives.
• Govern access controls and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Plan for future capacity and technology needs.

Skills

Leadership

Database management

Cloud databases

Monitoring & telemetry

Incident response

Automation

Scripting

Communication

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Azure

AWS

Oracle

SQL Server

Snowflake

Couchbase

Redis

Exadata

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

Tractor Supply Company is seeking a Team Lead, IT Database to lead our enterprise database platforms across on-premise and cloud environments. You will ensure availability, performance, recoverability, and security while guiding a team of engineers and DBAs.

The role blends deep database expertise with leadership, automation, and continuous improvement in a hybrid work setting. Responsibilities include DR planning, backup and failover design, monitoring and incident response, and cross-team