Onsite Senior Manager, Enterprise Database Platforms

International Motors; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 141,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

International Motors in Lisle, Illinois, seeks a Senior Manager-Database Platforms to lead strategy, operations, and governance for a large enterprise database estate supporting manufacturing workloads. The on-site role manages 3,000+ databases and a 25+ person DBA team delivering 24x7 coverage.

The position requires coordinating roadmaps, upgrades, backup standards, licensing and vendor governance across major DB platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, DB2, MongoDB, etc.).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; 9+ years of database administration experience preferred
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field; 5+ years of lead experience beneficial
• At least 12 years of database administration experience with 2+ years in a lead role

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-platform DBA operations and governance for availability, resiliency, and performance (Zone A/Zone B, RTO/RPO)
• Drive lifecycle currency: roadmaps, upgrades, patch governance, and vulnerability remediation
• Own backup/recovery standards, restore validation, and recovery testing
• Enforce compatibility standards and partner with application/middleware owners to prevent unsupported configurations
• Ensure licensing compliance, audit readiness, and vendor governance across major DB vendors
• Manage budget, cost optimization, major incident response, and stakeholder communications

Skills

Team leadership

Governance

Budgeting

Incident management

Multi-platform DBs

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

12+ years of database administration experience

Tools

SQL Server

Oracle

Teradata

DB2

MongoDB

MariaDB

Hadoop/IMS/RDB

Control-M

Grid Infrastructure

SolarWinds

SOA

DataStage

Azure

Job description

International Motors in Lisle, Illinois, seeks a Senior Manager-Database Platforms to lead strategy, operations, and governance for a large enterprise database estate supporting manufacturing workloads. The on-site role manages 3,000+ databases and a 25+ person DBA team delivering 24x7 coverage.

The position requires coordinating roadmaps, upgrades, backup standards, licensing and vendor governance across major DB platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, DB2, MongoDB, etc.).