Cloud Database Architect

Role & responsibilities

• Design and lead cloud database architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.
• Define scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-optimized database solutions.
• Lead database migration, modernization, and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Develop HLD/LLD, architecture diagrams, technical specifications, and implementation plans.
• Design HA/DR, backup, recovery, replication, RPO/RTO, and business continuity strategies.
• Drive database performance tuning, capacity planning, scalability, and optimization.
• Implement database automation, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, Python, or Shell.
• Establish database security, governance, monitoring, compliance, and operational standards.
• Collaborate with Application, Cloud, DevOps, Security, Data Engineering, and Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Mentor database/cloud engineers and provide technical leadership on complex architecture and production issues.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in database engineering, DBA, cloud architecture, or database architecture.
• Strong expertise in Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB, or similar databases.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP database services and cloud migrations.
• Strong knowledge of HA/DR, replication, backup/recovery, performance tuning, scalability, RPO/RTO, and capacity planning.
• Experience with AWS DMS, Azure Database Migration Service, GoldenGate, Data Guard, Always On, or equivalent technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, Python/Shell, CI/CD, Git, and Database DevOps.
• Experience with database security, IAM/RBAC, encryption, monitoring, governance, and compliance.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, APIs, microservices, Linux/Unix, and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong solution architecture, technical leadership, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• AWS/Azure/GCP, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or Terraform certifications are an advantage.