Cloud Data Architect

📋 Description

• Designing and developing cloud database infrastructures while facilitating the migration of legacy systems to cloud environments.

• Converting high-level requirements into effective data storage solutions.

• Creating proof of concepts (PoCs) and/or prototypes to assess various cloud database technologies.

• Architecting and deploying cloud-based database solutions across multiple platforms.

• Formulating and supporting a migration strategy from traditional on-premises databases to multi-cloud and hybrid cloud platforms.

• Leading the creation and implementation of secure, scalable, and high-performance database architectures in cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud settings.

• Offering expert-level advice on transitioning legacy workloads to commercial cloud platforms.

• Developing Architecture Design Documents that align with best practices as per the Government’s selected Cloud Service Providers.

• Collaborating closely with enterprise teams to establish database standards, evaluate return on investment, and propose cost-effective, performance-enhanced solutions.

• Assisting in both strategic and operational tasks, which include configuring cloud databases, enabling diagnostics, optimizing performance, and applying security settings driven by threats.

• Overseeing database usage, addressing replication strategies, and advising on expected growth for resource planning.

• Provisioning relational databases, managing server-level operations such as scaling, restoring, or deleting instances, and configuring geo-replication along with monitoring metrics.

• Ensuring robust data management and supporting CMSO’s initiatives to establish resilient, secure, and future-ready database infrastructure.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of relevant experience.

• US Citizenship Required: No.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing high-availability mission-critical systems with zero downtime.

• Familiarity with architecting on Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI cloud platforms.

• Experience in data modeling for large multi-tenant database systems.

• Proficient in relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) database technologies.

• Knowledge of Data Bricks, Snowflake, and other cloud offerings.

• Practical experience in scaling databases to meet customer needs while ensuring data boundaries are maintained.

• Experience in data migration from distributed systems to single database environments.

• Expertise in installing and maintaining database server performance.

• Developing processes aimed at optimizing database security.

• Setting and maintaining database standards.

• Managing database access rights.

• Overseeing performance tuning of database systems.

• Installing, upgrading, and managing database applications.

• Conducting installation and maintenance of data in primary and third-party applications.

• Providing technical support and training to team members.

• Carrying out feasibility studies, cost/benefit analyses, and user training based on requests.

• Performing team leader roles for projects involving multiple stakeholders: managing deadlines, providing status updates, and facilitating final testing and project sign-offs as necessary.

• Backing up local databases and file directories for applications.

• Diagnosing and troubleshooting database errors.

• Recommending and implementing cutting-edge database technologies.

• Creating and managing database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.

• Automating repetitive database tasks.

• Assisting with SSL certificate installation and troubleshooting.

• Executing complete database environment installation, configuration, and ongoing administration support (IBM Informix, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle).

• Experience with non-relational database solutions in the cloud, such as DynamoDB, CosmosDB, GraphDB, DocumentDB, etc.

🏝️ Benefits

• A variety of medical plan options, some of which include Health Savings Accounts.

• Options for dental plans.

• Vision plan availability.

• A 401(k) plan that allows contributions of both pre-tax and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits, along with a company match.

• Flexible work weeks whenever feasible.

• Several paid time off plans, including vacation, sick leave, personal time, holidays, paid parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave.

• New employees receive 15 days of paid leave each calendar year for vacations, personal matters, and illness, plus an additional 10 paid holidays annually.

• The Paid Family Leave program provides up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short and long-term disability benefits.

• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel accident insurance.