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Allspring Global Investments · 20 hours ago

Database Engineering & Operations Manager

Milwaukee, WI

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $175K/yr

5+ years exp

Allspring Global Investments is a leading independent asset management firm that offers a broad range of investment products and solutions. They are seeking an onsite Database Engineering and Operations Manager to provide strategic and tactical leadership for their cloud-based database service offerings and manage a team of Database Administrators.

Asset ManagementConsultingFinanceFinancial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build an internal operating plan for the year, including all tooling and human resource requirements, force ranked, at all times

Track and maintain quantities and costs of tools, instances, licenses, etc. appropriate for the Allspring database estate

Meet your budget expectations

Create and maintain architectural diagram(s) of the database infrastructure

Define and maintain database service standards

Define and maintain database service catalogue

Create, document, and maintain database strategic vision and tactical plans to achieve them

Create and maintain monitoring and alerts across the database estate

Dashboard(s) demonstrating database health and drill down to diagnose flagged issues

Define and implement warning and alert thresholds as needed across your estate

Configure and maintain OpsGenie to create cases and send alerts based on thresholds

Identify and recommend opportunities to reduce costs, improve reliability, improve security, reduce risk, automate, etc. across the database infrastructure. Develop and execute plans to achieve approved recommendations

Resolve database incidents and fulfill service requests according to SLAs

Create and maintain operational procedures to run the database infrastructure. Ensure they are followed

Escalate operational, budgetary and initiative delivery issues in a timely manner

Develop and maintain service delivery metrics (e.g. production database uptime, volume of databases across the estate, number of cases resolved, etc.)

Report status of initiatives to management and through Weekly Business Reviews

Ensure primary and secondary on call schedules are maintained

Ensure you have the right people in the right seats

Create an organization structure that includes the skills and capabilities to run the database infrastructure

Hire and develop teams to meet the needs of the database infrastructure and your ability to serve the firm

Assign tasks, manage expectations and manage performance of your team

Understand team members’ career goals. To the extent possible, help them attain their goals

Create and maintain work plans for your team

Ensure all databases comply with Allspring policies, and you can provide evidence of compliance

Provide audit teams with evidence of compliance as requested in a timely manner

Ensure all team members complete training and compliance in a timely manner

Qualification

Database managementCloud databases AWSCloud databases AzureCloud databases OCISQL ServerOracleTeam leadershipProblem solvingMicrosoft Office proficiencyCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsAttention to detail

Required

5+ years proven success leading database teams in a global environment

3+ years of experience as a trading or portfolio management database administrator or experience in trading, trade support, or compliance

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or equivalent

Ability to prioritize, execute, and solve problems in a fast-paced environment

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred

2+ years' experience in cloud based (AWS, Azure & OCI) databases

2+ years' experience with SQL•Server & Oracle

Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools

Ability to support multiple internal clients

Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

Benefits

Participation in an incentive program linked to performance

Annual discretionary bonus programs

Other annual or non-annual incentive or sales plans

Company

Allspring Global Investments

Allspring Global Investments is a provider of financial services.

Founded in 1980

San Francisco, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.allspringglobal.com

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