Database Architect

We are looking for an experienced Database Architect to design develop and oversee enterprise-scale database architectures. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in database design performance optimization high availability scalability security disaster recovery and cloud database technologies.

The Database Architect will work closely with Application Architects Developers DevOps Engineers Data Engineers and Business Stakeholders to build reliable secure highly available and scalable data platforms.

• Design and implement enterprise database architectures aligned with business and application requirements.
  
• Define database standards data models schemas naming conventions and architecture patterns.
  
• Design highly available scalable secure and resilient database solutions.
  
• Perform database performance tuning query optimization indexing partitioning and capacity planning.
  
• Design and implement High Availability (HA) Disaster Recovery (DR) backup recovery and replication strategies.
  
• Lead database migration modernization consolidation and upgrade initiatives.
  
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate database technologies based on workload scalability performance and business requirements.
  
• Work closely with development teams to optimize SQL queries stored procedures database transactions and data access patterns.
  
• Establish database security standards covering access control encryption auditing compliance and data protection.
  
• Support database cloud migration and architecture across AWS Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
  
• Develop database scalability strategies using read replicas sharding partitioning caching clustering and distributed databases where appropriate.
  
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to engineering teams.
  
• Monitor database health capacity availability reliability and performance.
  
• Create and maintain database architecture documentation technical specifications standards and best practices.
  
• Identify technical risks bottlenecks and opportunities for database modernization and optimization.
  
• Mentor Database Engineers DBAs Developers and other technical team members.
  

Strong hands-on expertise in one or more of the following:

• Oracle
  
• Microsoft SQL Server
  
• PostgreSQL
  
• MySQL
  
• MongoDB / NoSQL Databases
  

• Relational Database Architecture
  
• Logical and Physical Data Modeling
  
• OLTP and OLAP Architectures
  
• Data Warehousing
  
• Distributed Database Architecture
  
• Database Normalization and Denormalization
  
• Indexing and Partitioning
  
• Replication and Clustering
  
• High Availability (HA)
  
• Disaster Recovery (DR)
  
• Backup and Recovery Strategies
  
• Database Scalability and Capacity Planning
  

• SQL Query Optimization
  
• Execution Plan Analysis
  
• Index Optimization
  
• Stored Procedure Optimization
  
• Database Performance Tuning
  
• Transaction Management
  
• Concurrency and Locking
  
• Capacity Planning
  

• AWS / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud
  
• Cloud Database Services
  
• Database Migration to Cloud
  
• Cloud-native Database Architecture
  
• Managed Database Services
  
• Read Replicas and Distributed Databases
  
• Database Monitoring and Observability
  

• Database Access Control
  
• Encryption at Rest and in Transit
  
• Auditing and Compliance
  
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  
• Data Protection and Security Best Practices
  

• 8 years of experience in database engineering database administration or database architecture.
  
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale database solutions.
  
• Strong experience with HA/DR replication backup/recovery and database performance optimization.
  
• Experience leading database migration modernization or cloud transformation projects.
  
• Strong understanding of application architecture and database integration patterns.
  
• Excellent problem-solving architecture documentation and communication skills.
  
• Experience mentoring technical teams and providing architecture-level guidance.
  

We are looking for a hands-on Database Architect who can take ownership of database architecture decisions solve complex performance and scalability challenges and guide engineering teams in building secure highly available and future-ready data platforms.