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Our Mission Technology Solutions business partners with governments and defense, intelligence, space, aviation, and critical infrastructure customers to deliver high-end engineering, science, technology, and mission support solutions. From national security and readiness to advanced research, cyber, logistics, and life-cycle sustainment, our teams help customers solve complex challenges in some of the world's most demanding environments. Whether supporting operations on the ground, at sea, in the air, or in space, our clients trust us to deliver mission-critical capabilities every day.\r\nWorking with us means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions.\r\nAs the needs of the world change, we're ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.\r\nWe are IT\r\nWe are strategic enablers of the business, delivering scalable, secure, and innovative technology solutions that drive operational excellence and support enterprise growth. We partner closely with functions across the organization to modernize systems, unlock data-driven insights, and enhance the digital employee experience. Our global footprint and commitment to transformation position us at the forefront of leveraging technology to create lasting business value.\r\nAbout the Role\r\nThe Global Database Manager is responsible for leading and developing a geographically dispersed team supporting the organization's global database platforms and services. This role provides strategic direction, operational oversight, and governance for enterprise database environments, ensuring reliability, security, scalability, and compliance across the global technology landscape.\r\nThe ideal candidate is an experienced technology leader with deep database expertise and a proven track record of managing global teams, complex infrastructure environments, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships. This individual will partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Application teams, vendors, and IT leadership to drive operational excellence, modernization initiatives, resource optimization, and continuous improvement across the database ecosystem.\r\nKey Responsibilities\r\nProvide leadership and direction for a global database administration team supporting enterprise database platforms and services.\r\nEstablish and maintain operational standards that ensure high availability, recoverability, performance, and security across database environments.\r\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, operational efficiency, capacity planning, and service reliability.\r\nOversee database backup, recovery, disaster recovery testing, and business continuity processes.\r\nEnsure database platforms remain compliant with security, licensing, audit, governance, and organizational standards.\r\nDevelop and execute database modernization strategies, including upgrades, patching activities, and technical debt reduction initiatives.\r\nPartner with application, infrastructure, security, and architecture teams to support business initiatives and resolve complex cross-platform issues.\r\nGuide performance monitoring, capacity management, and proactive risk mitigation activities across the global database landscape.\r\nEnsure operational processes, standards, and technical documentation remain accurate, current, and aligned with best practices.\r\nManage staffing, resource allocation, workload balancing, and succession planning for the global database team.\r\nSupport budget planning, forecasting, and financial management activities related to database operations and services.\r\nConduct performance management activities, including employee development, coaching, and annual performance reviews.\r\nManage strategic relationships with database vendors and service providers, including quarterly business reviews and service performance evaluations.\r\nOversee 24x7 support operations and on-call coverage to ensure effective response to critical incidents and service interruptions.\r\nCommunicate database strategy, operational performance, risks, and recommendations to executive and technical stakeholders.\r\nBasic Qualifications\r\nEducation & Experience:\r\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field required; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.\r\n20+ years of database administration and technology leadership experience.\r\nExperience leading global teams and supporting enterprise-scale database environments.\r\nExperience managing complex technology initiatives, operational support functions, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.\r\nExperience with resource planning, budgeting, vendor management, and personnel development.\r\nDatabase & Technology Leadership\r\nThorough knowledge of database architecture, installation, upgrades, patching, configuration management, and change control processes.\r\nDeep understanding of database backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, replication, monitoring, and performance optimization.\r\nExperience supporting enterprise database platforms, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and other open-source database technologies.\r\nStrong understanding of database security, compliance, licensing, governance, and audit requirements.\r\nExperience driving database modernization, platform optimization, and technical debt reduction initiatives.\r\nLeadership & Core Competencies\r\nStrong leadership, coaching, and team development skills.\r\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical concepts to executive audiences.\r\nStrong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.\r\nAbility to influence and collaborate effectively across technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and senior leadership.\r\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining operational excellence and service reliability.\r\nPreferred Qualifications\r\nExperience with Oracle Middleware and Oracle development technologies.\r\nExperience supporting Microsoft Azure, cloud-native database services, or hybrid cloud architectures.\r\nExperience with database appliances and large-scale enterprise database platforms.\r\nFamiliarity with AI-enabled database management, automation, and monitoring solutions.\r\nExperience leading large-scale database transformation or cloud migration initiatives.\r\nIndustry certifications related to database administration, cloud platforms, or IT service management.\r\nAdditional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.\r\nBenefits: KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include a 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.\r\nBelong, Connect and Grow at KBR\r\nAt KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.\r\nKBR is an equal opportunity employer. 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Through internal collaboration, and with our partners and customers, we're defining tomorrow's challenges, then providing the innovative solutions to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to Zero Harm and our Sustainability Platform.\r\nIn September 2025, we announced that we are spinning our Mission Technology Solutions business into a separate public company. This role would ultimately be part of that new company. Our Mission Technology Solutions business partners with governments and defense, intelligence, space, aviation, and critical infrastructure customers to deliver high-end engineering, science, technology, and mission support solutions. From national security and readiness to advanced research, cyber, logistics, and life-cycle sustainment, our teams help customers solve complex challenges in some of the world's most demanding environments. 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We partner closely with functions across the organization to modernize systems, unlock data-driven insights, and enhance the digital employee experience. Our global footprint and commitment to transformation position us at the forefront of leveraging technology to create lasting business value.\r\nAbout the Role\r\nThe Global Database Manager is responsible for leading and developing a geographically dispersed team supporting the organization's global database platforms and services. This role provides strategic direction, operational oversight, and governance for enterprise database environments, ensuring reliability, security, scalability, and compliance across the global technology landscape.\r\nThe ideal candidate is an experienced technology leader with deep database expertise and a proven track record of managing global teams, complex infrastructure environments, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships. This individual will partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Application teams, vendors, and IT leadership to drive operational excellence, modernization initiatives, resource optimization, and continuous improvement across the database ecosystem.\r\nKey Responsibilities\r\nProvide leadership and direction for a global database administration team supporting enterprise database platforms and services.\r\nEstablish and maintain operational standards that ensure high availability, recoverability, performance, and security across database environments.\r\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, operational efficiency, capacity planning, and service reliability.\r\nOversee database backup, recovery, disaster recovery testing, and business continuity processes.\r\nEnsure database platforms remain compliant with security, licensing, audit, governance, and organizational standards.\r\nDevelop and execute database modernization strategies, including upgrades, patching activities, and technical debt reduction initiatives.\r\nPartner with application, infrastructure, security, and architecture teams to support business initiatives and resolve complex cross-platform issues.\r\nGuide performance monitoring, capacity management, and proactive risk mitigation activities across the global database landscape.\r\nEnsure operational processes, standards, and technical documentation remain accurate, current, and aligned with best practices.\r\nManage staffing, resource allocation, workload balancing, and succession planning for the global database team.\r\nSupport budget planning, forecasting, and financial management activities related to database operations and services.\r\nConduct performance management activities, including employee development, coaching, and annual performance reviews.\r\nManage strategic relationships with database vendors and service providers, including quarterly business reviews and service performance evaluations.\r\nOversee 24x7 support operations and on-call coverage to ensure effective response to critical incidents and service interruptions.\r\nCommunicate database strategy, operational performance, risks, and recommendations to executive and technical stakeholders.\r\nBasic Qualifications\r\nEducation & Experience:\r\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field required; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.\r\n20+ years of database administration and technology leadership experience.\r\nExperience leading global teams and supporting enterprise-scale database environments.\r\nExperience managing complex technology initiatives, operational support functions, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.\r\nExperience with resource planning, budgeting, vendor management, and personnel development.\r\nDatabase & Technology Leadership\r\nThorough knowledge of database architecture, installation, upgrades, patching, configuration management, and change control processes.\r\nDeep understanding of database backup and recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, replication, monitoring, and performance optimization.\r\nExperience supporting enterprise database platforms, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and other open-source database technologies.\r\nStrong understanding of database security, compliance, licensing, governance, and audit requirements.\r\nExperience driving database modernization, platform optimization, and technical debt reduction initiatives.\r\nLeadership & Core Competencies\r\nStrong leadership, coaching, and team development skills.\r\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical concepts to executive audiences.\r\nStrong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.\r\nAbility to influence and collaborate effectively across technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and senior leadership.\r\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining operational excellence and service reliability.\r\nPreferred Qualifications\r\nExperience with Oracle Middleware and Oracle development technologies.\r\nExperience supporting Microsoft Azure, cloud-native database services, or hybrid cloud architectures.\r\nExperience with database appliances and large-scale enterprise database platforms.\r\nFamiliarity with AI-enabled database management, automation, and monitoring solutions.\r\nExperience leading large-scale database transformation or cloud migration initiatives.\r\nIndustry certifications related to database administration, cloud platforms, or IT service management.\r\nAdditional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. 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