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Lillyu2019s Purposeu00A0u00A0
Come bring to life technologies to lead in Pharma-tech!u00A0
The Enterprise Data Platforms enable the platformhas developed an integrated and intuitive databases, integration and analytics platform. This platform enables Lilly business functions enables quickly utilize the database services, integration services and analytics platform.u00A0u00A0
What you will be doing:u00A0
Reporting to the Director and as Associate Director-Database Reliability Engineering will lead the operations, reliability, and performance engineering of on-premises and cloud database platforms supporting the Enterprise Data Platform. This leadership role focuses on scalability, automation, reliability, and operational excellence, enabling seamless support for mission-critical data services across analytical, transactional, and integration workloads.u00A0
The role requires a blend of deep database expertise, SRE principles, and operational leadership to drive stability, resiliency, and continuous improvement for hybrid enterprise-scale environments.u00A0
How you will succeed:u00A0u00A0
Define and execute the database operations and reliability strategy, balancing performance, availability, and cost efficiency across on-prem and cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP).u00A0
Establish and mature the DBRE model for database platforms, embedding reliability, observability, and automation in daily operations.u00A0
Partner with architects, engineering teams, and stakeholders to align operations with enterprise data and digital transformation goals.u00A0
How you will succeed:u00A0u00A0
Define and execute the database operations and reliability strategy, balancing performance, availability, and cost efficiency across on-prem and cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP).u00A0
Establish and mature the DBRE model for database platforms, embedding reliability, observability, and automation in daily operations.u00A0
Partner with architects, engineering teams, and stakeholders to align operations with enterprise data and digital transformation goals.u00A0
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Team Leadership & Collaborationu00A0
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Database Administrators, RE engineers, and platform specialists supporting global environments.u00A0
Foster a DevOps and SRE culture, driving collaboration between data engineering, analytics, application, and infrastructure teams.u00A0
Create operational playbooks,runbooksand implementing Agentic AI on the DB Ops and Observabilityto standardize and streamline incident response and recovery processes.u00A0
Operations & Platform Managementu00A0
Oversee day-to-day operations of enterprise databases including Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native services like RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and Azure SQL.u00A0
Drive automation-first operationsleveraging Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, Ansible and self-healing mechanisms.u00A0
Implement robust disaster recovery, failover, and capacity management processes to ensure high platform availability.u00A0
Lead performance engineering efforts, including capacity planning, tuning, and cost optimization.u00A0
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SRE & Reliability Engineeringu00A0
Build and maintainobservability frameworks with metrics, logging, and tracing for proactive monitoring and alerting.u00A0
Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for database services.u00A0
Establish incident management, problem management, and root cause analysis (RCA) processes to improve Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).u00A0
Champion a blameless post-mortem culture and drive continuous reliability improvements.u00A0
Education & Experienceu00A0
Bacheloru2019s or Masteru2019s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.u00A0
14+ years of experience in enterprise database operations, with at least 5+ years in leadership roles managing hybrid or multi-cloud environments.u00A0
Proven experience building and scaling SRE practices for data platforms in regulated, enterprise-scale environments.u00A0
Technical Skillsu00A0
Expertise in relational and NoSQL database platforms (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Graph DB, Mongo DB, Vector DB).u00A0
Hands-on experience with cloud-native database services (AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB Azure SQL GCP BigQuery).u00A0
Proficiency in automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines.u00A0
Strong understanding of observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, or equivalent).u00A0
Knowledge of high-availability architectures, replication, sharding, and database performance tuning.u00A0
Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance requirements in regulated industries.u00A0
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)u00A0
Uptime and reliability of database services.u00A0
Reduction in Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).u00A0
Automation coverage and reduction in manual operations.u00A0
Cost efficiency and capacity utilization metrics.u00A0
Compliance audit success rates and zero security incidents.u00A0
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Lillyu00A0does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
#WeAreLilly
At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We\u2019re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We\u2019re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. \u00A0
Job ID: 126115693
