Database Engineering Position This position will work with the Database Engineering team to support, maintain, and expand the DB2 database platforms utilized within the CU*Answers network. Working together with multiple cross-discipline teams, you'll focus on reviewing database changes to facilitate new projects, analyzing current performance and database structure, and proposing and executing on strategic database management plans to help us deliver the best possible experience to our clients and members. The ability to apply independent judgment is critical in managing complex tasks and making decisions that directly impact the organization's success. This includes assessing situations, analyzing available information, and evaluating potential risks and benefits to determine the best course of action. The individual in this role is expected to make well-informed decisions without constant supervision, addressing challenges with confidence and ensuring alignment with organizational goals and values. This function involves balancing competing priorities, managing ambiguity, and handling urgent or sensitive matters with discretion. Essential Job Functions Responsible for managing the day-to-day team operations for corresponding departments to ensure overall performance meets company objectives including but not limited to coaching, mentoring, developing, hiring, firing, disciplining, motivating, performance reviews, training, goal setting, payroll processing, staff budgeting, and other HR administrative tasks. Oversee daily operations by leading departmental planning, project execution, budgeting, employee development, succession planning, and performance reporting to the AVP of Web Technologies. Exercise extensive independent judgment to assess complex situations, analyze information, and make decisions that align with organizational goals. Manage multiple priorities effectively, demonstrating discretion and sound decision-making across all responsibilities. Perform additional duties as assigned to support organizational goals and evolving business needs. Database Architecture, Design and Implementation Architecture, design and implementation of database systems and components in support of information management goals. Database and data life cycle. Data modeling practiced via modern methods, tools and interfaces. Gathering business requirements, logical modeling, physical modeling, implementing the model and maintaining the model. Data Availability, Control, Governance and Integrity The DBE, in partnership with the data owner, is responsible for the accessibility, availability and integrity of the database and data. Defining and implementing the appropriate strategy and methods to maintain control and governance of the database and the data, as defined and mandated by the owner. This includes understanding and accounting for all the potential data access interfaces and methods; and ensuring proper security and auditing measures are in place. A critical success factor is identifying, understanding and reconciling the associated business and technical requirements for data and information management. Data Centric Application Design and Programming Ensuring proper and adequate data centric techniques are used in the design, development and implementation of applications. This includes taking advantage of built in database management system features and functions such as constraints, functions and triggers. The DBE is responsible for understanding and applying the science and art of coding and implementing SQL (DDL, DML and PSM) via modern methods, tools and interfaces. Leading, guiding and reviewing data centric application development is a fundamental task.