Director of SQL Server DB Ops & Strategy

Neumo; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Neumo seeks a Director of Database Administration to lead the SQL Server environment on-site in Fort Wayne, IN. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management, setting strategy for high availability and disaster recovery.

The position oversees production database performance, security, and compliance for government-related deployments, with cross-functional collaboration across product and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Microsoft SQL Server database administration experience.
• 3+ years directly managing or leading a technical team.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the DBA team, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career growth planning.
• Establish clear on-call rotations, escalation paths, and operational runbooks for production database support.
• Build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement around database reliability and performance.
• Own the assessment of database needs across Neumo's product lines, identifying capacity, performance, and architecture gaps before they become problems.
• Monitor and optimize performance across production database instances spanning cloud/SaaS and on-prem government deployments.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation for database incidents, performance degradation, and capacity constraints.
• Oversee backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices for systems supporting government functions.
• Drive standards for database security, access control, and compliance appropriate to government data.

Skills

SQL Server expert

Leadership

DR planning

Performance tuning

Security/compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Neumo seeks a Director of Database Administration to lead the SQL Server environment on-site in Fort Wayne, IN. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management, setting strategy for high availability and disaster recovery.

The position oversees production database performance, security, and compliance for government-related deployments, with cross-functional collaboration across product and engineering teams.