Senior Manager-Database Platforms

6AM City, LLC; Illinois; On-site; USD 141,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Comprehensive compensation

Job summary

TRATON SE, including International Motors, LLC, seeks a Senior Manager-Database Platforms to lead strategy, operations, and governance for a large enterprise database estate supporting critical manufacturing workloads.

The role oversees 3,000+ databases with a blended on-shore/off-shore DBA team, ensuring reliability, security, and audit readiness across multiple platforms and vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; 9+ years database administration with leadership experience or 12+ years DBA experience with leadership.
• Experience leading multi-platform DBA operations across SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, DB2, MongoDB, and more.
• Familiarity with ITIL-based service management and metrics-driven operations; automation and IaC experience.
• Experience with hybrid/cloud database services and migration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-platform DBA operations and governance for availability 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 with application/middleware owners; prevent unsupported configurations.
• Ensure licensing compliance, audit readiness, and vendor governance across major DB vendors.
• Manage budget, cost optimization, incident response, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

ITIL knowledge

Automation

Observability

Scripting

Vendor governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree

Tools

SQL Server

Oracle

Teradata

DB2

MongoDB

Azure

Control-M

SolarWinds

DataStage

Grid Infrastructure

Job description

Position Overview

The Senior Manager-Database Platforms leads strategy, operations, and governance for a large, heterogeneous enterprise database estate supporting mission-critical manufacturing workloads.

Accountable for reliability, availability, security, compliance, and cost management across 3,000+ databases, this leader directs a blended on-shore/off-shore DBA organization and partners closely with Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, Application Owners, and vendors to keep platforms current (N-2), resilient (Zone A/Zone B), and audit-ready.

Scope & Scale:

• Enterprise database estate: 3,000+ databases across production and non-production environments
• Team leadership: 25+ (blended on-shore/off-shore) DBAs providing 24x7 support and on-call coverage
• Platforms: SQL Server, Oracle (incl. Apps/EBS), Teradata, DB2 (z/OS & LUW), MongoDB, MariaDB, Hadoop/IMS/RDB (as applicable), plus Control-M, Grid Infrastructure, SolarWinds, SOA, DataStage, Azure

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-platform DBA operations and governance for availability, resiliency, and performance (Zone A/Zone B, RTO/RPO)
• Drive N-2 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

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of database administration experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience
• OR
• Master's degree and at least 5 years of database administration experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience
• OR
• At least 12 years of database administration experience
• At least 2 years of lead experience

Additional Requirements

• Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Desired Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing enterprise workloads (ERP, supply chain, plant systems, analytics) with high availability and strict maintenance windows.
• Familiarity with ITIL-based service management and metrics-driven operations; relevant certifications a plus (e.g., ITIL, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM).
• Experience implementing automation and standardization (Infrastructure as Code concepts, scripting, self-service provisioning, policy-based configuration).
• Experience with modern observability/monitoring platforms and capacity/performance engineering at enterprise scale.
• Exposure to hybrid and/or cloud database services and migration patterns (where applicable to enterprise strategy).

Benefits and Compensation

This position offers competitive market-based compensation, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing. You can learn more about the benefits offered for this position by visiting https://careers.international.com/#benefits.The expected salary offered for this position will fall within the stated range, with the final offer based on the candidates' applicable skills, knowledge, and experience.

Salary Minimum: USD $140,800.00/Yr.

Salary Maximum: USD $211,200.00/Yr.

Company Overview

About TRATONWith its brands Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, TRATON SE is the parent and holding company of the TRATON GROUP (https://traton.com/) and one of the world's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. The Group's product portfolio comprises trucks, buses, and light-duty commercial vehicles. "Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.": this intention underlines the Company's ambition to have a lasting and sustainable impact on the commercial vehicle business and on the Group's commercial growth.

About International

From a one-man company built on the world-changing invention of the McCormick reaper in 1831, to the 15,000-person-strong company we are today,few companies can lay claim to a history like International. Based in Lisle, Illinois, International Motors, LLC* creates solutions that deliver greater uptime and productivity to our customers throughout the full operation of our commercial vehicles. We build International® trucks and engines and IC Bus® school and commercial buses that are as tough and as smart as the people who drive them. We also develop Fleetrite® aftermarket parts. In everything we do, our vision is to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility to create the cleaner, safer world we all deserve. As of 2021, we joined S