Cloud Database Architect V

Availity

7d • Remote

About The Position

The Cloud Database Architect V will define Availity’s enterprise cloud database strategy and lead architecture, modernization, and optimization across the organization. Working with engineering, security, and platform teams, this role designs scalable, reliable database solutions for healthcare applications serving millions of users. The position requires deep technical expertise and the ability to set direction, influence stakeholders, and lead enterprise transformation.

The role is remote in the United States. Sponsorship in any form is not available. Availity is a remote-first, camera-first company, and video participation is required for virtual meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of experience in database engineering, administration, or architecture, including 5+ years designing cloud-native database solutions.
• Proven experience designing and implementing mission-critical database platforms for large-scale workloads in public cloud environments.
• Proficiency with AWS.
• Deep expertise in at least two enterprise database platforms among Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, DynamoDB, and Cassandra, including data modeling, performance tuning, and scalable design.
• Extensive experience with AWS database services, including RDS and Aurora, and selecting supporting technologies such as DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, and DMS.
• Experience architecting highly available database solutions with disaster recovery and multi-region capabilities.
• Proven success leading database modernization and cloud migration initiatives at enterprise scale.
• Experience applying Infrastructure as Code, automation, and CI/CD practices to database provisioning, configuration, upgrades, schema changes, and deployment.
• Strong understanding of database security, governance, compliance, backup, and recovery strategies.
• Ability to assess existing environments, document technical debt, and develop transition roadmaps to future-state architecture.
• Expertise in query optimization, workload analysis, capacity planning, and cloud database cost optimization.
• Experience defining database observability standards, including metrics, logging, alerting, service-level indicators, and capacity planning.
• Demonstrated success influencing technical direction, leading cross-functional initiatives, and developing database engineering talent.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical concepts to technical and executive audiences.
• Must be able to use a camera for virtual meetings; video participation is required.
• Must pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with additional cloud providers, such as Azure or GCP.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, a current AWS database-focused certification, or an equivalent credential.
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards and interoperability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise cloud database strategy, architecture standards, and roadmaps to improve reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, resilient database solutions aligned with application workloads and business objectives.
• Lead enterprise database modernization and migration initiatives, including assessments, solution design, validation, cutover planning, rollback strategies, and adoption activities.
• Architect highly available database solutions with disaster recovery and multi-region capabilities to meet business continuity requirements.
• Establish and maintain enterprise standards for database governance, security, compliance, backup, recovery, and operational readiness.
• Evaluate emerging database technologies and recommend whether to adopt, standardize, retain, or retire platforms throughout their lifecycle.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, security, and platform engineering teams to identify dependencies, resolve design tradeoffs, and coordinate implementation decisions.
• Provide technical leadership through architectural guidance, mentorship, reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into prioritized database capabilities, platform investments, and architecture roadmaps.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus structure
• Generous HSA company contribution
• Healthcare benefits
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• 401(k) match program available from day one
• Unlimited PTO for salaried associates
• Nine paid holidays
• Gym membership, racing event, weight management program, and other wellness reimbursements up to $250 per year
• Education reimbursement
• Paid parental leave for birth and adoptive parents

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior