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Senior Manager-Database Platforms


Job Location:

Lisle, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 23 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 4 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 3000 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: 3000 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

This is an Onsite position. Candidates must reside in the local market

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
  • Bachelors degree and at least 9 years of database administration experience
  • At least 2 years of lead experience

OR

  • Masters 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
  • Bachelors 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 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.

Company Overview

About TRATON
With its brands Scania MAN International and Volkswagen Truck & BusTRATONSE is the parent and holding company of theTRATONGROUP and one of the worlds leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. The Groups product portfolio comprises trucks buses and light-duty commercial vehicles. Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.: this intention underlines the Companys ambition to have a lasting and sustainable impact on the commercial vehicle business and on the Groups commercial growth.

About International
From a one-man company built on the world-changing invention of the McCormick reaper in 1831 to the 15000-person-strong company we are todayfew 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 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 Scania MAN and Volkswagen Truck & Bus in TRATON GROUP a global champion of the truck and transport services industry. To learn more visit.

*International Motors LLC is d/b/a International Motors USA in Illinois Missouri New Jersey Ohio Texas and Utah.

EEO Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.


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