Database Architect

Database Architect

Charlotte, NC (Onsite)

FTE Only

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Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Required Qualifications:

7+ years as an Infrastructure Engineer or working in a similar function

Define and own the target architecture and engineering strategy for modern database platforms across the enterprise

Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and standards for document (CockroachDB), in-memory (Redis) platforms

Ensure architecture aligns with hybrid, multi-cloud, and sovereignty considerations

Lead the creation of API-driven, self-service database platforms that abstract complexity from application teams

Define and implement, service catalogs, golden deployment patterns, standardized provisioning workflows, reusable automation frameworks

Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and platform-as-a-product principles

Ensure the platform delivers, consistent developer experience, rapid provisioning, standardized configurations, built-in governance and controls

Architect database services for enterprise-grade resilience, including multi-region/multi-site high availability, failover and disaster recovery strategies, backup/restore frameworks

Lead performance engineering, including sharding and partitioning strategies, caching patterns (e.g., Redis integration), workload isolation and scaling models

Define and enforce SLOs/SLAs and reliability benchmarks

Introduce proactive capacity planning and performance optimization models

Ensure deep integration with core infrastructure layers network (segmentation, routing, load balancing), compute (VM, bare metal, container orchestration), storage (block, file, object; performance tiers)

Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to optimize deployment models, standardize connectivity and security patterns, enable Kubernetes/operator-based database management

Desired Qualifications:

Experience leading platform engineering or internal developer platform initiatives

Experience in financial services or regulated enterprise environments

Experience with Kubernetes operators for databases

Knowledge of multi-cloud architectures and data sovereignty models

Experience with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)

Exposure to data governance and enterprise data architecture frameworks

Platform thinking and product mindset

Architectural leadership and systems design

Deep database engineering expertise

Automation-first mindset

Cross-domain integration (infra, security, enterprise systems)

Strong stakeholder management and influence

The ideal candidate:

Operates at a lead/architect level, bridging strategy and execution

Can standardize and scale database services across a complex enterprise

Balances engineering rigor with usability and developer experience

Proactively identifies risks, gaps, and optimization opportunities

Drives alignment across technology, operations, and governance domains

Skills:

Adaptability

Business Acumen

Production Support

Solution Design

Stakeholder Management

Automation

Influence

Innovative Thinking

Solution Delivery Process

Technical Strategy Development

CockroachDB