Database Operations Manager

We are seeking an experienced Database Operations Manager to lead a talented 5-6 person team and bring strategic direction, operational stability, and a continuous improvement mindset to our database environment. This role is remote., You will oversee a mixed cloud and on-premises database estate of 250+ databases running on Azure, working alongside infrastructure and application teams to stabilize operations, reduce manual toil, and drive meaningful automation. If you thrive in environments that blend leadership with hands-on technical engagement - and you enjoy building process where there is room to improve - this role is for you., * Lead and mentor a team of 5-6 database professionals through regular 1:1s, performance coaching, and prioritization support (~30-40% of time)

• Drive strategic database initiatives including migrations, upgrades, DR modernization, and monitoring improvements (~20-30% of time)
• Provide hands-on operational support during incidents, performance issues, and escalations; champion automation to reduce manual processes
• Review and approve team-authored documentation - runbooks, script libraries, lessons learned, and Confluence wikis - ensuring clarity and discoverability
• Partner with the Application Operations Manager on budget planning, vendor management, and tooling decisions
• Translate noisy alerting into actionable, trend-aware monitoring - reduce false positives and build threshold-based alerting discipline
• Own the ActiveBatch scheduling environment and drive the cleanup and documentation effort already underway
• Communicate project status and technical recommendations to infrastructure and application leadership, * Azure-first Microsoft shop with a mix of cloud and on-premises infrastructure (~50 on-prem, ~200 cloud databases)
• Tools: ActiveBatch v14, Redgate Monitor, Confluence, ServiceNow
• Scale: 250+ total databases, eight on-prem bare-metal chassis, five replication-critical systems
• Ongoing DR and replication modernization; active cleanup of scheduling and monitoring technical debt

• 6+ years of progressive experience in database administration, database operations, or a closely related field
• Foundational to strong Azure database experience; familiarity with both cloud-hosted and on-premises SQL environments
• Prior people management, team lead, or informal mentorship experience; ability to motivate and develop technical staff
• Working knowledge of DR, replication concepts, and database migration patterns (modernization experience a plus)
• Comfortable with monitoring and scheduling tooling; experience with Redgate Monitor, ActiveBatch, or comparable platforms is a plus
• Curious, process-oriented mindset - someone who asks "why are we doing this manually?" and follows through on fixing it
• Strong communicator who can interface with both technical teams and non-technical leadership