Senior Manager – Engineering Database Platforms
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Job Location:
Bethesda, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Engineer to lead our database platform team. As a Technical Product Owner you will play a crucial role in providing thought leadership and driving strategy at scale. You will be responsible for defining and communicating the product vision ensuring alignment with business goals and leading the team to deliver innovative and high-quality database solutions. Your ability to think strategically and execute effectively will be key to the success of our database platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering product management and business stakeholders to ensure that our database platforms meet the needs of our customers and support our long-term business objectives.
In this role you will also be responsible for staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies and leveraging this knowledge to drive innovation and continuous improvement within the team. You will foster a culture of excellence collaboration and continuous learning and provide mentorship and professional development opportunities for team members.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Required Skills and Experience:
Undergraduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification
6 years in cloud platform/infrastructure engineering substantially consisting of experience implementing database solutions using AWS products (RDS Aurora Document DB) and Couchbase
2 years in a leadership role
Proven track record of leading and managing technical teams in infrastructure automation and cloud engineering
Demonstrated ability to recruit mentor and develop talent fostering a high-performance and inclusive team culture.
Hands-on expertise with Terraform policy-as-code (OPA Sentinel etc.) and DevSecOps best practices
Experience integrating and applying emerging AI tools and technologies to infrastructure automation and cloud operations.
Strong background in public and private cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) cloud security and compliance automation
Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on technical solutioning actively contributing to architecture design and troubleshooting in a product model.
Demonstrated success leading product delivery (product ownership) from requirements gathering to delivery.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred:
Graduate degree in a technical discipline.
Cloud certifications (AWS Azure GCP HashiCorp Terraform).
Experience with business requirements gathering technology roadmaps and strategic planning.
Knowledge of data security and compliance standards.
Certification in product management or related fields.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Lead and manage the database platform team setting clear goals providing coaching and supporting career development. This position will have 3 direct reports.
Serve as the Technical Product Owner defining the product vision roadmap and priorities for database platform solutions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs.
Oversee the design implementation and optimization of database solutions to ensure high performance scalability and reliability.
Drive the adoption of best practices and continuous improvement within the database platform team.
Ensure alignment with security compliance and governance requirements.
Oversee the lifecycle management of database platform products including versioning documentation and support.
Evaluate new technologies and industry trends to enhance team capabilities and business outcomes.
Communicate goals progress and achievements to stakeholders and leadership.
Promote adherence to organizational policies and procedures.
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Build and nurture a high-performing team fostering innovation collaboration and technical excellence.
Champion the vision for automated infrastructure and policy management driving organizational change and adoption.
Provide regular feedback conduct performance reviews and support professional growth.
Model hands-on leadership actively engaging in technical challenges and solution development.
Ensure the team remains at the forefront of automation and AI technology trends.
At Marriott International we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture talent and experiences of our are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis including disability veteran status or other basis protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
- Data Center Experience
- ArcGIS
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Construction Estimating
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- Mathcad
- React
- Redux
- AWS
- Software Development
- Auto Estimating
- Distributed Systems
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