Cloud Database Architect, Senior

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Define and lead the strategy, architecture standards, and roadmap for enterprise cloud databases.

• Design and implement database solutions that are scalable, secure, and resilient, aligning with application workloads and business goals.

• Oversee modernization and migration projects for enterprise databases, including assessments, solution design, validation, cutover planning, rollback strategies, and adoption initiatives.

• Architect robust database solutions that ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region capabilities.

• Establish and uphold enterprise standards regarding database governance, security, compliance, backup, recovery, and operational readiness.

• Assess emerging database technologies and provide recommendations on when to adopt, standardize, retain, or phase out platforms throughout their lifecycle.

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and platform engineering teams to identify dependencies, address design trade-offs, and coordinate implementation decisions.

• Deliver technical leadership through architectural guidance, mentorship, reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards.

• Work with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into prioritized database capabilities, platform investments, and architecture roadmaps.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 10 years of experience in database engineering, administration, or architecture, including more than 5 years focused on designing cloud-native database solutions.

• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing mission-critical database platforms for large-scale workloads in public cloud environments.

• Proficiency with AWS is required.

• Experience with additional cloud providers is preferred (Azure, GCP).

• Extensive knowledge of at least two enterprise database platforms: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, DynamoDB, or Cassandra.

• Expertise in data modeling, performance tuning, and scalable database design.

• Significant experience with AWS database services, including RDS and Aurora.

• Familiarity with selecting supporting technologies such as DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, and DMS.

• Experience in architecting highly available database solutions with disaster recovery and multi-region capabilities.

• Proven track record in leading database modernization and cloud migration initiatives at an enterprise scale.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and CI/CD practices related to database provisioning, configuration, upgrades, schema changes, and deployment.

• Strong understanding of database security, governance, compliance, backup, and recovery strategies.

• Ability to evaluate existing environments, document technical debt, and develop transition roadmaps.

• Expertise in query optimization, workload analysis, capacity planning, and cloud database cost optimization.

• Experience in defining database observability standards, including metrics, logging, alerting, service-level indicators, and capacity planning.

• Proven success in influencing technical direction, leading cross-functional initiatives, and nurturing database engineering talent.

• Exceptional communication skills for engaging with both technical and executive audiences.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, a current AWS database-focused certification, or an equivalent credential is preferred.

• Familiarity with healthcare data standards and interoperability requirements is preferred.

• Sponsorship of any form is not available.

• Must pass a drug test prior to employment commencement.

• Must possess the ability to use a camera for all virtual meetings.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Bonus structure.

• Generous company contribution to HSA.

• Healthcare benefits.

• Vision benefits.

• Dental benefits.

• 401k match program available from day one.

• Unlimited PTO for salaried associates, plus 9 paid holidays.

• Hourly associates start with 19 days of PTO and receive the same holiday benefits.

• Wellness reimbursement up to $250/year for gym memberships, racing events, weight management programs, etc.

• Education reimbursement.

• Paid Parental Leave for both birth and adoptive parents.

• Diversity & Inclusion teams and employee groups.

• Continuous learning resources and access to industry/technology experts.

• Remote-first work environment.

• Camera/video capability provided for virtual meetings.

• Opportunities for community volunteering.