Lead Cloud Architect - Data Platform Architecture
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Why Join Us?This is an opportunity to spearhead advanced cloud database initiatives within a dynamic and innovative environment. You will collaborate with a skilled team of cloud and data professionals in a culture that prioritizes innovation, teamwork, and ongoing learning.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Cloud Architect to drive the strategy, architecture, and engineering of Cloud Database Solutions on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In this role, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud database solutions to support our enterprise data strategy across NoSQL, RDBMS, and SaaS platforms, including MongoDB Atlas.
Responsibilities
The Lead Cloud Architect performs technical planning, architecture development and modification of specifications for cloud computing environments. Develops specifications for new IT cloud computing products and service offerings. Assesses the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards in order to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies. Advises executives to develop functional strategies (often segment specific) on matters of significance. Exercises independent judgment and decision making on complex issues regarding job duties and related tasks, and works under minimal supervision, uses independent judgment requiring analysis of variable factors and determining the best course of action.
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in Database Architecture, Engineering, and Administration at scale.
- 5+ years of experience designing and deploying Cloud Native Database solutions on **Azure and GCP**.
- Technical Leadership: Mentor and guide Sr. Cloud Database Architects, participate in Architecture reviews and set best practices for Cloud Databases.
- Collaboration and Leadership: Work with Cloud Platform Engineering, DevOps, Security and Application teams to integrate Database solutions into Cloud Architectures.
- Strong expertise in Cloud-native and managed database services, including Relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases (Document Store, Key Value, Graph).
- Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database, Azure PostgreSQL, GCP Cloud SQL, GCP Memory Store (Redis), Spanner, Neo4j, MongoDB Enterprise and Atlas.
- Experience integrating Vector Search and Vector databases with LLM applications e.g. RAG pipelines.
- Deep understanding of data replication, disaster recovery, and multi-cloud database deployment strategies.
- Solid knowledge of Database performance tuning, security best practices, and cost optimization.
- Lead Cloud Databases modernization (DBaaS) and migration initiatives across platforms.
- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or CloudFormation.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices related to database deployment and management.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.
- Cloud certifications in Azure and GCP are highly desirable (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect).
- Experience with Devops tools like GitHub actions or Gitlab CI.
- Strong scripting and automation skills i.e. Python, PowerShell, Bash, or equivalent.
- Experience with Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
If you're passionate about architecting enterprise-grade cloud database solutions and driving cloud transformation, we'd love to hear from you!
Additional Information
To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:
At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.
Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be
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