Brown Brothers Harriman
Senior Database Manager
Brown Brothers Harriman, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, 07310
Senior Database Manager
At BBH, partnership is more than a form of ownershipit's our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what's next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Database Manager to lead our team of skilled Database Administrators (DBAs) supporting Oracle, Exadata, SQL Server, and emerging database technologies. This leader will be responsible for driving operational excellence, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction, and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with strong technical knowledge and a deep commitment to delivering exceptional service to internal clients, application teams, and business stakeholders. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of our data infrastructure by guiding strategy, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability and security. Key Responsibilities:
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of DBAs across Oracle/Exadata, SQL Server, and emerging database platforms. Own and prioritize issue resolution, ensuring root causes are addressed and recurring problems are eliminated. Drive a culture of customer service, ensuring timely, clear, and professional communication with internal clients and stakeholders. Oversee database operations, including performance tuning, backup and recovery, patching, and incident response. Collaborate with application, cloud, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions. Promote process improvement and efficiency, identifying and implementing automation and repeatable practices wherever possible. Ensure adherence to regulatory, security, and compliance standards in database environments. Lead or support projects involving new database technologies, migrations, and infrastructure modernization. Qualifications:
10+ years of experience in database administration with strong hands-on experience in Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. 7+ years of experience managing or leading technical teams. Deep understanding of database architecture, high availability, replication, and disaster recovery strategies. Strong problem-solving skills with a bias toward action and ownership. Proven ability to deliver exceptional internal customer service in high-pressure environments. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; capable of interacting effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and emerging databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, NoSQL) is a plus. Salary Range: $145,000 - $200,000 BBH's compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheckproviding you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being. We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn't followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn't meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply. We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and developmentso we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advicecreating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another. We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, oftenpushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to-day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.
At BBH, partnership is more than a form of ownershipit's our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what's next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Database Manager to lead our team of skilled Database Administrators (DBAs) supporting Oracle, Exadata, SQL Server, and emerging database technologies. This leader will be responsible for driving operational excellence, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction, and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with strong technical knowledge and a deep commitment to delivering exceptional service to internal clients, application teams, and business stakeholders. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of our data infrastructure by guiding strategy, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability and security. Key Responsibilities:
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of DBAs across Oracle/Exadata, SQL Server, and emerging database platforms. Own and prioritize issue resolution, ensuring root causes are addressed and recurring problems are eliminated. Drive a culture of customer service, ensuring timely, clear, and professional communication with internal clients and stakeholders. Oversee database operations, including performance tuning, backup and recovery, patching, and incident response. Collaborate with application, cloud, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions. Promote process improvement and efficiency, identifying and implementing automation and repeatable practices wherever possible. Ensure adherence to regulatory, security, and compliance standards in database environments. Lead or support projects involving new database technologies, migrations, and infrastructure modernization. Qualifications:
10+ years of experience in database administration with strong hands-on experience in Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. 7+ years of experience managing or leading technical teams. Deep understanding of database architecture, high availability, replication, and disaster recovery strategies. Strong problem-solving skills with a bias toward action and ownership. Proven ability to deliver exceptional internal customer service in high-pressure environments. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; capable of interacting effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and emerging databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, NoSQL) is a plus. Salary Range: $145,000 - $200,000 BBH's compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheckproviding you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being. We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn't followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn't meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply. We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and developmentso we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advicecreating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another. We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, oftenpushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to-day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.