Lead Database & Applications Team — Reliability & Growth

Addison Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Addison Group seeks an IT Database/Application Admin Manager to lead a team responsible for databases and critical business applications in a production environment. The role centers on operational reliability, risk management, team development, and cross-functional collaboration with business and technology stakeholders.

The ideal candidate balances people leadership with hands-on technical oversight, ensuring stable, secure environments and compliant operations across production systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in IT operations or admin roles with production systems.
• 3+ years leading teams with coaching, hiring, and performance management.
• Experience supporting production systems in structured operational environments.
• Strong knowledge of Change Management under SOX/SOCII compliance.
• Proficient in databases, servers, backups, DR, security, and cloud platforms.
• Ability to assess risks and guide teams through complex issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop database and application administration teams with clear expectations and accountability.
• Ensure stability, availability, security, and performance of production environments.
• Manage incidents, problems, changes, capacity planning, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, PM, business teams, executives, and vendors to align services with needs and risk.
• Utilize metrics such as MTTR, RCA, and change success rates to improve service quality.
• Translate technical issues into business terms with impact, urgency, ownership, and next steps.
• Support vendor coordination, budget management, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Promote ownership, collaboration, documentation, and reliable service delivery.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Change management

Risk assessment

Coaching & development

Budgeting

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SQL Server

SSIS/SSRS/SSAS

Windows Server

Linux

VMware

PowerShell

SQL Profiler/Extended Events

ServiceNow

Azure/AWS/GCP

Dynatrace/Prometheus

Job description

Addison Group seeks an IT Database/Application Admin Manager to lead a team responsible for databases and critical business applications in a production environment. The role centers on operational reliability, risk management, team development, and cross-functional collaboration with business and technology stakeholders.

The ideal candidate balances people leadership with hands-on technical oversight, ensuring stable, secure environments and compliant operations across production systems.