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SalaryBessemer Trust is seeking a hands-on Enterprise Database Manager/Architect to define our target state enterprise data architecture, lead database projects and oversee a dynamic team responsible for implementing our strategic cloud database platforms. Blend your hands-on expertise in database development and cloud environment expertise, including technologies like Oracle, with managerial skills to ensure project success and team efficiency. Drive innovation and contribute to strategic decision-making in a collaborative work environment. Your role involves leveraging expertise in Oracle as well as cloud-native database development. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in an environment where he/she can make a material impact using a variety of technical database skills.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Cloud-Native Application Development: Lead and contribute to the development of cloud-native database technologies
- Team Leadership: Define criteria for the department on when to enhance on-premise database vs. build in our cloud database. Provide guidance and supervision to development teams, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines
- Architectural Design: Define our enterprise data architecture strategy and multi-year roadmap to move to the cloud. Participate in the design and implementation of scalable and reliant cloud-native database architectures.
- Technology Evaluation: Stay informed about emerging cloud database technologies and access their relevance for improving the development lifecycle
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments, such as automation, information security, to integrate their requirements into cloud-native database solutions
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD): Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate database deployment of cloud-native databases
- Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud-native databases for performance, scalability and cost-efficiency
- Project Planning and Resource Management: Develop project plans, allocate resources effectively, and ensure timely delivery of cloud-native database architectures while adhering to budget constraints
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with 7-10 years of relevant experience
- Proficient in Oracle database development. Including database design, SQL, PL/SQL, and optimization techniques
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native databases such as AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift and Amazon DynamoDB
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, and expertise in deploying and managing databases on these platforms
- Ability to migrate on-premises databases to the cloud, ensuring data integrity and optimal performance
- Experience in tuning database performance for both on-premises and cloud environments, optimizing queries and resource utilization
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell) and automation tools for managing database deployments and configurations
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for automating database deployment processes
- Relevant certifications in Oracle (e.g., Oracle Certified Associate) and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified Database – Specialty) preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proven analytical and organizational skills (ability to handle multiple priorities)
About Bessemer Trust
Bessemer Trust is a leading multifamily office, overseeing more than $150 billion in assets for over 3,000 individuals and families of substantial wealth. Its nearly 1,200+ employees are singularly focused on private wealth management — disciplined investment management, sophisticated wealth planning, comprehensive family office services, and highly personalized client service.
Established in 1907 as the family office for Annie and Henry Phipps, Bessemer Trust is in its seventh generation of ownership by the Phipps family. As a self-made entrepreneur, Henry Phipps was a founding partner and chief financial officer of Carnegie Steel.
Bessemer Trust retains its original focus as a privately owned and independent wealth manager deeply committed to its mission of providing peace of mind to its clients. Bessemer's adherence to putting clients' interests first, fiduciary mindset, and highly collaborative culture are at the heart of everything the firm does.
Key Facts
- For more than 115 years, Bessemer Trust has operated continuously in a single line of business, independently owned by one family.
- Headquartered in New York’s Rockefeller Center, Bessemer Trust has 22 offices in total. Woodbridge, NJ, is one of the firm’s largest offices, which hosts a wide range of technology and operations professionals. In addition to its sizable presence in New York and Woodbridge, the firm provides client service through offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Denver, Garden City, Grand Cayman, Greenwich, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Naples, Nevada, Palm Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Stuart, and Washington, D.C.
- To watch a video about Bessemer Trust’s history, click here.
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About Our Employee Rewards and Benefits
We provide exceptional rewards and benefits that are among the best in the industry, giving our people access to a wide range of options, including:
- Competitive base salary plus discretionary annual bonus for select positions
- A 401(k) plan with a generous annual profit-sharing contribution
- Personalized development and career opportunities, including tuition reimbursement support
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with zero contributions for employee coverage
- Employee assistance (EAP) and wellness programs
- Hybrid work environment: 60% in office, 40% remote for most positions
- Paid time off and paid parental leave
- Employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
- Legal services and financial wellness plans at no cost to employees
Bessemer Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.
