Job Title: Project Delivery Specialist - Database Team Lead
Company Name:
Deloitte
Location:
Boston, MA
Position Type:
Full Time
Post Date:
04/01/2026
Expire Date:
05/01/2026
Job Categories:
Government and Policy, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Production, Publishing, Collegiate Faculty, Staff, Administration
Job Description
Project Delivery Specialist - Database Team Lead
Our Deloitte Customer team empowers organizations to build deeper relationships with customers through innovative strategies, advanced analytics, Generative AI, transformative technologies, and creative design. We can enhance customer experiences and drive sustained growth and customer value creation and capture, through customer and commercial strategies, digital products and innovation, marketing, commerce, sales, and service. We are a team of strategists, data scientists, operators, creatives, designers, engineers, and architects. Our team balances business strategy, technology, creativity, and ongoing managed services to solve the biggest problems that affect customers, partners, constituents, and the workforce.
Work you'll do
As a Project Delivery Specialist in the GPS HST Technology group, you will:
Oversee the operation, maintenance, and optimization of large SQL Server database systems, ensuring high availability, integrity, and security
Lead database design, development, tuning, and automation initiatives to improve performance and meet business requirements
Manage, mentor, and develop a team of database administrators and developers, fostering a collaborative and accountable work environment
Serve as the primary point of contact for clients on database-related matters-managing expectations, translating business needs into technical requirements, and providing regular updates
Oversee troubleshooting, problem resolution, and root cause analysis for database outages or performance issues
Establish and enforce database administration and development best practices, including security, backup and recovery, and documentation
Plan and oversee database-related projects, including upgrades, migrations, and integrations, ensuring alignment with client and organizational goals
The Team
Deloitte's Government and Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes-is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.
Qualifications
Required:
Proven ability to oversee and optimize large, complex SQL Server databases
Proficient in ensuring high availability, integrity, security, backup, and recovery
Experience in designing, developing, and tuning databases; strong SQL scripting skills
Demonstrated capability to manage, mentor, and develop database staff.
Skilled at translating business needs into technical solutions and managing client relationships
Track record of resolving outages or performance issues, including root cause analysis
Knowledge of database security, compliance, documentation, and process standardization
Ability to lead upgrades, migrations, and related database initiatives from planning to execution
Local to Salem, OR - ability to be onsite 10+ days per month
Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
Ability to travel 0 - 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $107,900 to $179,900.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
