Systems Architect Lead (Database Services)

Overview

Database Architecture & Strategy

• Define and maintain enterprise database architecture standards and roadmaps for on premises, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Design scalable, secure, and highly available database architectures for mission critical systems.
• Lead architectural reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise standards

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop senior database engineers and DBAs.
• Allocate resources, set technical direction, and ensure adherence to best practices and operational standards.
• Drive a culture of reliability, automation, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Database Project Delivery

• Lead database related projects end to end, from requirements gathering and design through build, migration, go live, and support.
• Manage multi cloud and hybrid database migrations and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure delivery within agreed scope, timelines, and quality standards.

Database Platforms & Technologies

• Manage and operate SQL and NoSQL platforms across on premises, Azure, and GCP.
• Oversee native cloud database services including Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instances, Azure Fabric, and Google Cloud databases.
• Manage complex, high scale, and performance intensive SQL environments.

High Availability, DR & Integration

• Design and operate highly available and disaster resilient database architectures across hybrid and multi cloud environments.
• Ensure seamless integration between applications, data platforms, and analytics systems.
• Define and test backup, recovery, replication, and failover strategies

Data Warehouse & Data Lake Management

• Manage, enhance, and operate enterprise data warehouses and data lakes.
• Ensure data platforms are highly available, optimized, and aligned with analytics and reporting needs.
• Drive performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimization.

Operations, Monitoring & Performance

• Ensure 24x7 reliability, monitoring, and proactive management of all database environments.
• Define KPIs, SLAs, and operational dashboards for performance, availability, and capacity.
• Lead root cause analysis and continuous service improvement initiatives

Security, Risk & Compliance

• Define and enforce database security standards, access controls, encryption, and auditing.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead vulnerability management, patching, and security hardening activities.

Stakeholder Communication

• Act as the primary technical interface with application teams, architects, vendors, and business users.
• Translate business requirements into robust database solutions.
• Provide clear technical guidance, documentation, presentation and executive level communication when required.