Sr. Manager Database Engineering
Core
Leads the database engineering team responsible for the availability, performance, security, and lifecycle of NCLH's database estate across Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL in AWS and on-board fleet environments.
Role type
Senior Manager, Database Engineering
Builds
Revenue-generating reservation platforms, onboard guest and crew systems, and enterprise applications
Domain
Hospitality / Cruise Industry / Cloud Database Operations
Required skills
Multi-engine database administration (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Cloud database services (AWS RDS, Aurora), High availability and disaster recovery design, Team leadership and people management, Infrastructure-as-code and GitOps, Database security and compliance (SOX, PCI DSS), Change and patch management, Vendor governance and licensing management
Preferred skills
Deep expertise across SQL Server and Oracle, Experience with distributed/edge/intermittently connected estates, Kubernetes-adjacent operations, Consolidating database estates across brands
Technologies
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, Aurora, Terraform, OpenTofu, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Lead incident response and root cause analysis for major database incidents, Define technical roadmap and priorities for the managed-service team, Lead, develop, and retain a team of database engineers, Own database monitoring, observability, and performance capacity management, Govern database change management and schema change reviews, Partner with reservation systems teams on operating standards for the Seaware estate, Own database access models and privileged access governance, Maintain authoritative inventory of database deployments and license entitlements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management
