• Responsible for the design, planning, performance, modifications, and overall maintenance of database structures • Accountable for the full lifecycle of the Database Management System (DBMS) • Maintain and modify existing databases to meet the business needs • Manage database monitoring tools, examine performance metrics and functionality of databases, and tune the database to ensure optimal business user experience • Develop database strategies to maintain the highest database quality and continuously meet the necessary functionality for the business • Design and create database structure (logical design), partnering with development teams for business partner data and requirements analysis • Utilize the logical design to develop the physical database design, and create the highest performing, optimized database • Collaborate with developers post-implementation for quality control assurance, and to ensure developer understanding of data and access methods • Direct and/or execute physical database changes required by applications • Maintain database schema’s and data descriptions in the Data Dictionary • Establish, create, and maintain business continuity and disaster recovery policies, procedures, and plans; create and facilitate test case scenarios of all backup/recovery planning • Partner with users to determine and develop data models for user reporting needs, and ad-hoc reporting based on queries; eradicate existing user data misuse or user data conflicts • Ensure data integrity and license compliance for all databases • Responsible for DBMS and other database-related tools, including end-to-end planning, management, and execution of upgrades • Plan and coordinate database security measures in order to maintain data integrity • Remain current on new technologies; introduce applicable technology in alignment with goals and for creative solutions • Drive constructive change and provide leadership