MANAGES THE ENTERPRISE DATA PLANNING AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.   RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ENTERPRISE DATA AND DATABASE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DATA AND DATABASE RESOURCE PLANNING FUNCTIONS.  PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR/SEEKS CONSENSUS AND APPROVAL OF DATA ARCHITECTURE AND DATABASE STRATEGIES.  COMMUNICATES DATA ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS, STRATEGIES AND STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.

REQUIRED:

1.      BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OR RELATED FIELD, OR A RELATED TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION

SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN:

2. DATABASE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE TUNING


3. ENTERPRISE DATA MODELING/ WAREHOUSING


4. LARGE SCALE PROJECT MANAGEMENT


5. IT PLANNING AND DATA ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT


6. DATA ADMINISTRATION AND STANDARDS


7. STAFFING, COORDINATING AND LEADING LARGE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS


8. EVALUATING A COMPLEX SYSTEM AND UNDERSTANDING THE INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN COMPONENTS


9. EVALUATING AND SELECTING STATE OF THE ART HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PRODUCTS


10. IDENTIFYING, ANALYZING AND RESOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS


11. CONTROLLING AND RESOLVING CHANGES IN SCOPE, TIMING, COSTS, QUALITY AND CLIENT SATISFACTION


12. APPLYING PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES


13. COMMUNICATING TECHNICAL CONCEPTS

EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE IN/WITH:

14. DATABASE DESIGN

15.  DATA MODELING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

16. DISTRIBUTED SERVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (E.G. ORACLE RAC, MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2008)


17. MAINFRAME DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (E.G., DB2, IMS/DB)


18. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS


19. CAPACITY PLANNING


20. MULTI PLATFORM CAPABILITIES


21. USER INTERACTION


22. OPERATING SYSTEMS (E.G., LINUX, UNIX)

SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN:

23. CASE TOOLS


24. DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES


25. JOINT APPLICATION DESIGN (JAD)/ RAPID APPLICATION DESIGN (RAD) TECHNIQUES

26.  RELATIONAL DATABASE (E.G., DB2, ORACLE)

KNOWLEDGE OF:

27. SOFTWARE/ HARDWARE EVALUATION AND SELECTION


28. LAN, WAN CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGIES AND DATA ADMINISTRATION ISSUES


29. DATA BASE TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES


30. STRUCTURED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, DESIGN, PROGRAMMING AND TESTING


31. RELATIONAL DATABASE CONCEPT


32. ITIL V2/V3 SYSTEMS OPERATION PRACTICES


33. SECURITY AND CONTROL PROCEDURES


34. SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES


35. PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

ABILITY TO:

36. CONDUCT LONG RANGE STRATEGIC PLANNING


37. SUPPORT AND TRANSLATE COMPANY AND DEPARTMENT GOALS INTO ONGOING WORK EFFORTS


38. DEVELOP AND NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS


39. LEAD AND DIRECT PROJECTS IN A MATRIX ORGANIZATION


40. EFFECTIVELY MOTIVATE TEAM MEMBERS TO ACHIEVE HIGH QUALITY RESULTS


41. OVERSEE A VARIETY OF CONCURRENT ACTIVITIES


42. COMMUNICATE CLEARLY, CONCISELY, AND PERSUASIVELY ABOUT COMPLEX, TECHNICAL, OR SENSITIVE TOPICS


43. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT AND WITH THE PUBLIC

PREFERRED:

44. EXPERIENCE IN AN INSURANCE ENVIRONMENT OR OTHER SERVICE INDUSTRY.

45.  MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

46.  MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS DIRECTLY MANAGING A DATABASE ADMINISTRATION TEAM.