Manager, Technology Engineer Manager (Database Platform Engineering)
NationwideAbout the role
This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week on Mondays & Wednesdays.
We are seeking an experienced people-first leader to manage a team of Database Platform Engineers responsible for building, evolving, and supporting the foundational database platforms that power our critical business applications. This role is accountable for leading engineering execution, advancing platform reliability and scalability, and developing a high-performing team that delivers secure, resilient, and efficient database capabilities across the enterprise.
The ideal candidate brings a balanced leadership style grounded in practical decision-making, strong execution, and a focus on outcomes. They should be comfortable setting direction, removing obstacles, and helping the team prioritize work that improves the platform experience for application teams and internal partners. Just as importantly, they should know how to build trust, develop talent, and create clarity in a fast-moving environment.
Key responsibilities
Lead, coach, and develop a team of Database Platform Engineers responsible for engineering, automation, vulnerability management, and support of enterprise database platforms
Drive the evolution of database platforms through standardization, automation, self-service capabilities, and engineering best practices
Partner with architects, application teams, infrastructure teams, and security partners to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure platform solutions
Establish and improve platform health measures, service objectives, engineering metrics, and operational insights
Support the team during major incidents and complex service events, while driving long-term improvements that reduce toil and increase platform stability
Create a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and product-minded platform delivery
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Job Description Summary
If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!The Technology Engineering Manager manages a staff of infrastructure engineers who analyze, design, develop and implement hardware/software. You’ll determine hardware/software systems requirements; lead systems hardware/software design; plan projects; and establish priorities. You’ll also coordinate with other managers to integrate projects with other systems hardware/software. As a people leader, you have responsibility for project deployment, career development, performance management and pay determination. You also may have the opportunity to mentor associates on other teams.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Manages a staff that delivers on build and operational (build and run) components for the product(s) aligned to a technology area, such as but not limited to, consulting, managing and development of new products, upgrade/patching efforts, annual budgeting, efficiency efforts, etc. and the function responsible for driving a competitive unit cost through efficient product lifecycle.
Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
Leads a team accountable for product delivery and the fi
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