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Head of Data Infrastructure and Database Administration
·Israel
On-siteFull-timeDatabase AdministrationNon-profit Organizations
Lead the data infrastructure and database administration function for a large public-benefit organization operating mission-critical platforms in Israel. Own enterprise database reliability, performance, security, modernization, hybrid cloud adoption, and preparation for a new ERP implementation.
Responsibilities
- Manage a data infrastructure department supporting dozens of enterprise databases across Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, and disaster-recovery environments.
- Set the technology direction for the data layer, including architecture, standards, best practices, and guidance for development and application teams.
- Own performance for critical systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, query optimization, indexing, stored procedures, and workload distribution.
- Design, build, and manage hybrid data environments across on-premises infrastructure and Azure or AWS cloud environments.
- Lead multi-year initiatives to upgrade, consolidate, migrate, and modernize database platforms and data infrastructure.
- Manage internal DBA team members and external vendors, including SLAs, service metrics, deliverables, escalations, and performance management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of managerial experience as a team lead, data infrastructure manager, or DBA manager.
- At least 10 years of hands-on experience managing enterprise databases.
- At least 5 years of experience with Oracle and at least 3 years with SQL Server.
- Proven production experience with performance tuning, complex query optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Strong database development experience, including SQL, stored procedures, indexing, and data modeling.
- Experience with enterprise ERP systems and application workload and performance patterns.
- Experience with Linux and Windows Server environments.
- Experience managing vendors, SLAs, service metrics, escalations, and output-based delivery.