Sr. Staff Database Architect

Job Summary

We are seeking a Database Architect to design and manage secure scalable and compliant database systems for our healthcare SaaS platform. This role requiresexpertisein handling sensitive data including PII/PPI and PHI while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and delivering high-performance multi-tenant solutions.

Location: Morrisville NC. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure scalable multi-tenant database architectures for healthcare SaaS applications

• Develop data models and storage solutions for sensitive healthcare data (PHI PII/PPI)

• Ensure compliance with HIPAA HITECH GDPR and other relevant regulations

• Implement data encryption (at rest and in transit) masking and access controls

• Architect systems for high availability disaster recovery and auditability

• Define and enforce data governance retention and audit logging policies

• Optimizedatabase performance for large-scale healthcare datasets and real-time access

• Collaborate with security compliance and engineering teams to meet regulatory requirements

• Lead data migration and integration with EHR/EMR systems and third-party healthcare platforms

• Complybest practices for secure CI/CD pipelines involving database changes

• Monitor systems for data integrity breaches and anomalous access patterns

Required Qualifications

• Bachelorsor Mastersdegree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field

• 10 years of progressive industry experience in enterprise technology architecture and systems management.

• 7 years of experience in database architecture preferably in SaaS environments

• Strong experience withdata lake architectures(e.g. AWS S3 Azure Data Lake Google Cloud Storage)

• Proven experience designing or managingdata farm / distributed data platforms(e.g. Hadoop Spark Databricks ecosystems)

• Hands-on experience handling sensitive data (PHI PII/PPI) in regulated environments

• Strong knowledge of HIPAA compliance data privacy and security frameworks

• Expertisein relational databases (PostgreSQL MySQL SQL Server) andnon-relationalsystems such asCosmosDBMongoDB

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) especially healthcare-compliant services

• Proficiencyin data encryption key management and role-based access control (RBAC)

• Strong understanding of scaling strategies and distributed systems

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United Stateswithoutsponsorship.

• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check whichincludes a drug screening.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with EHR/EMR systems (e.g. Epic Cerner) or healthcare integrations (HL7 FHIR)

• Familiarity with healthcare data standards and interoperability frameworks

• Experience with audit logging compliance reporting and risk assessments

• Certifications such as AWS Certified Security Specialty Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP)

• Experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes)