Team Leader Software Engineering

Overview

We are seeking a full-time IT & Database (DB) Operations Team Leader in our Chandler, AZ location. This role combines leadership in IT infrastructure management with specialized oversight of database systems. This position ensures reliable, secure, and efficient IT and database operations while leading a team of cloud and database administrators along with IT operations staff. These functions ensure minimal downtime, data security, and support for business objectives.


Essential Functions

• Lead, mentor, and supervise a team of IT operations staff and database administrators (DBAs)
• Conduct performance evaluations, provide training, handle hiring/recruitment, and resolve conflicts
• Delegate tasks, foster collaboration, and promote professional development
• Oversee database performance tuning, monitoring, backups, recovery, and security
• Ensure high availability, data integrity, and compliance with governance policies
• Collaborate with the Software Engineering Teams on database design, query optimization, and integration with applications
• Manage servers, networks, monitoring systems, and overall IT environment stability
• Handle incident response, change management, and disaster recovery planning
• Ensure system availability, scalability, and alignment with business needs
• Develop processes, guidelines for IT/DB operations
• Coordinate with vendors, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams (e.g., development, security)
• Enforce security protocols, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation
• Drive continuous improvement through metrics, reporting, and automation
• Monitor alerts, resolve escalated issues, and provide technical guidance
• Support production environments, releases, and capacity planning

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR a minimum of 10 years relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Must possess detailed knowledge and experience with high level language structure in C, C++, C# and/or Java relevant to Garmin's business needs
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Previous leadership or mentorship experience

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Previous software engineering leadership experience
• Proficiency in major RDBMS such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL databases.
• Good understanding of database architecture, high availability (e.g., clustering, replication), backups, recovery, and disaster recovery planning
• In-depth understanding of operating systems (Linux/Unix and Windows Server), networking (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls), and hardware/storage systems
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for database services (e.g., RDS, Azure SQL)
• Experience with monitoring tools, automation scripting (e.g., Shell, PowerShell, Python), and ITIL processes for incident, change, and problem management.

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits