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Maharashtra, India
Onsite
Company Description
As a leading global investment management firm, AB fosters diverse perspectives and embraces innovation to help our clients navigate the uncertainty of capital markets. Through high-quality research and diversified investment services, we serve institutions, individuals, and private wealth clients in major markets worldwide. Our ambition is simple: to be our clients’ most valued asset-management partner.
With over 4,400 employees across 51 locations in 25 countries, our people are our advantage. We foster a culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration to create an environment where everyone can thrive and do their best work. Whether you're producing thought-provoking research, identifying compelling investment opportunities, infusing new technologies into our business, or providing thoughtful advice to clients, we’re looking for unique voices to help lead us forward. If you’re ready to challenge your limits and build your future, join us.
Job Description Summary
We are seeking a PUNE based VP Database Operations Manager to join our GTI ( Global Technology Infrastructure) in Global Technology & Operations.
Team/Group Description
This position operates in a fast-paced, innovative, and globally distributed environment with On-Call responsibilities for critical incidents. If you are a passionate technical leader with deep SQL Server, Oracle and Azure expertise, strong automation capabilities, and a desire to drive excellence within the DBMS Operations group, this role offers an outstanding opportunity to lead enterprise database strategy and deliver transformative business value
Role Description
The Enterprise Database Operations Lead is a senior technical leadership position responsible for directing the database administration team and ensuring the high availability, security, performance, and scalability of enterprise database platforms across the global organization. This role combines hands-on expertise in relational database management systems (strong emphasis on Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL in Azure, Oracle and Sybase) with strategic oversight and team management to drive operational excellence, innovation, and alignment with business objectives in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.
Applications and business or enterprise functions the role supports
Working closely within the Global Technology Infrastructure group, the candidate will collaborate extensively with various support groups, such as Unix and Windows Administration, Storage Management, and global application support teams. This role underpins support for mission-critical enterprise RDBMS systems, that include financial trading systems, accounting, brokerage, business intelligence and advanced analytics, regulatory compliance and data governance, customer-facing applications, and disaster recovery/business continuity operations. By maintaining robust, high-availability database infrastructures, optimizing performance at scale, and enabling seamless data integration, the role minimizes business disruptions, supports real-time global decision-making, powers enterprise-wide reporting and analytics, and enables strategic initiatives such as cloud platform modernization, large-scale data platform modernization / migrations, and adoption of advanced data services
Key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to
What makes this role unique or interesting
This role combines strong technical leadership with operational responsibility inside the Global Technology infrastructure team, giving you real influence over our enterprise-scale data infrastructure.
You'll gain deep expertise in advanced data server management, large-scale automation, and modern observability/logging systems — while guiding a talented team through complex, high-impact challenges.
With global scope, mission-critical systems, and the chance to shape the future of our DBMS strategy, this position bridges hands-on operations with strategic business impact. It's both highly rewarding and intellectually stimulating.
Professional development value of this role
Working within Global Technology Infrastructure group this role accelerates growth in advanced technical domains (SQL Server high availability/business intelligence stack, Azure PaaS/IaaS database services, enterprise automation, performance and tuning, Database Virtualization - such as Delphix) and observability, while significantly strengthening leadership, stakeholder management, and strategic planning capabilities. You will gain experience leading in a sophisticated, global operations environment, handling enterprise-scale complexity, and driving innovation in cloud and data platform modernization. These experiences position the candidate exceptionally well for future advancement into senior roles such as Senior DBMS Architect, Cloud Data Platform Lead, or broader data/infrastructure leadership positions.
Job Qualifications (The ideal candidate should have the following)
The ideal person will work closely within the DBMS Operations group and should possess:
Qualifications, Experience, Education
The ideal person will work closely within the DBMS Operations group and should possess:
Skills
Soft Skills and Other Requirements:
Special Knowledge (if applicable)
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