✦ Luna Orbit — Cloud & Infrastructure

Director of Cloud Database Platforms & DBaaS

at Lumen

📍 Remote, US Remote 💰 $152K – $223K USD / year Posted April 10, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $152K – $223K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience executive
Exp. Years 12+ years
Education Not specified
Category Cloud & Infrastructure

About this role

Director-level role leading strategy, modernization, and operations of Lumen's enterprise data platform including relational, NoSQL, cloud-native databases, and lakehouse architectures. Focus on reliability, cost efficiency, and developer experience, with 24x7 global operations and Exadata management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define multi-year DBaaS strategies
  • Establish standards and reference patterns
  • Partner with Cloud/Architecture/Security/FinOps
  • Lead DBaaS provisioning, patching, and backups
  • Manage vendor relationships and global teams

Technical Overview

Oversees Oracle Exadata, cloud-native databases, and lakehouse architectures; implements infrastructure as code and CI/CD; emphasizes SRE, observability, SLOs/SLAs, and HA/DR.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an executive-level leader with 12+ years of experience in enterprise relational and NoSQL databases, strong Oracle Exadata expertise, and a track record of modernizing data platforms. They should lead global teams, drive DBaaS modernization, and optimize costs while ensuring reliable operations.

Must-Have Skills

12+ years leading enterprise relational and NoSQL database platforms7+ years managing global engineering and operations with 24x7 responsibilitiesProven experience with cloud-native managed databases and modern data platformsHands-on experience operating Oracle Exadata within a mixed-platform environment

Nice-to-Have Skills

lakehouse architectures and advanced analytics workloadsmodern automation tooling and intelligent operationscloud or data-platform certificationsenterprise-scale regulated environment experience

Tools & Platforms

Oracle Exadata

Required Skills

cloud-native databaseslakehouseOracle ExadataExadatarelational databasesNoSQLCI/CDinfrastructure as codeSREobservability24x7RTORPOHA/DRFinOpscost optimizationvendor managementcross-functional leadership

Hard Skills

Oracle ExadataExadatacloud-native databaseslakehouseSRECI/CDinfrastructure as codeSLOsSLAs24x7observabilitycost optimizationFinOpsrelational databasesNoSQLbackupHA/DRRTORPOOracle

Soft Skills

Executive communicationleadershipcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingproblem solvingownershipmentoringvendor managementglobal team leadership

Certifications

Preferred

Professional Engineer (PE) or equivalentOracle Exadata certificationcloud certifications

Industry & Role

Industry Telecom
Job Function Own and drive enterprise data platform modernization and operational excellence for DBaaS and cloud-native databases at Lumen
Role Subtype Executive leadership
Tech Domains Oracle, SQL / PostgreSQL, NoSQL

Keywords for Your Resume

Oracle ExadataExadatacloud-native databaseslakehouseSRECI/CDinfrastructure as codeSLOsSLAs24x7observabilitycost optimizationFinOpsrelational databasesNoSQLbackupHA/DRRTORPOOracleenterprise data platformvendor managementglobal teams

Deal Breakers

12+ years of relevant experience, Hands-on Oracle Exadata experience, Experience managing 24x7 global operations

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