Manager, Applications and Data Operations

13 hours, 14 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Vocate Education Solutions

Vocate Education Solutions

Vocate Education Solutions is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing education, training, and workforce development. With over 130 years of combined expertise, Vocate focuses on delivering integrated career training and workforce solutions, particularly for underserved populations and high-demand fields like healthcare. The organization serves more than 20,000 adult learners nationwide and has supported over 100,000 graduates in achieving career success. As a parent and supporting organization, Vocate collaborates with various institutions, including Ultimate Medical Academy, Nasium Training, Global Education Group, and American Institute. Its services encompass career training, vocational instruction, continuing medical education, and employer collaboration to connect talent with workforce needs. Vocate aims to strengthen organizations and industries by closing skills gaps and providing essential support for learners and partner organizations.

education management
51-200

Description

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of 8–10 software engineers, DBAs, and data engineers.
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership, including design and implementation reviews, complex troubleshooting, and escalation support.
  • Oversee cloud-native applications, APIs, SaaS integrations, orchestration workflows, CI/CD, and related production services.
  • Manage database and data-platform operations, including performance, availability, backup and recovery, monitoring, incident response, capacity, and change management.
  • Partner with business analysts, architecture, QA, governance, security, and delivery teams to translate business needs into practical solutions.
  • Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for complex application, database, integration, pipeline, and data issues.
  • Improve reliability and reduce operational overhead by simplifying, automating, consolidating, and optimizing platforms and workflows.
  • Promote responsible use of AI-assisted development tools and cloud-native practices to improve productivity, quality, testing, documentation, and support outcomes.
  • Ensure adherence to applicable education regulations, compliance requirements, and internal policies; escalate concerns as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, database administration, data engineering, data operations, or related technology functions, including technical staff leadership.
  • Experience managing and developing technical teams, including setting expectations, providing feedback, accountability, hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
  • Strong knowledge of software development, SQL, databases, data engineering and platforms, APIs, SaaS integrations, orchestration, cloud-native architecture, pipelines, CI/CD, AI applications, and Agile practices.
  • Ability to review, troubleshoot, and contribute as needed to application code, database objects, data pipelines, integrations, and deployment automation.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, secure cloud configuration, monitoring, identity, networking, and operational support.
  • Experience with database administration and enterprise data platforms, including performance tuning, high availability, backup and recovery, incident response, and production support.
  • Strong understanding of data architecture, modeling, quality, lineage, security, integration, lifecycle management, and analytics enablement.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders and translate business needs into scalable solutions.
  • Advanced degree, relevant technical or Agile certifications, and experience with Azure SQL, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Cosmos DB, AKS/Kubernetes, API Management, DevSecOps, higher-education systems, or AI-assisted development tools are preferred.

Benefits

  • $150,000 annual anticipated starting salary.
  • Remote full-time role with occasional onsite travel.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with UMA-subsidized plans.
  • FSA/HSA, life insurance, disability coverage, and an employee assistance program.
  • 15 days of PTO in the first year, 9 holidays, and 1 volunteer day.
  • 401(k) eligibility after 90 days of employment for team members age 18 or older.
  • Pet insurance and identity theft protection.

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