Lead Database Architect

Lead Database Architect Principal DBA 15 22 Years Experience We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Database Architect Principal DBA with 1522 years of IT experience specializing in enterprise database architecture, performance engineering, and database automation The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Oracle database technologies, deep SQLPLSQL development skills and handson experience implementing SRE and DevOps practices for large-scale database platforms in mission-critical environments Key ResponsibilitiesArchitect design and manage enterprise-grade database platforms ensuring high availability scalability and performance Lead database architecture and engineering initiatives across development QA and production environments Develop and optimize complex SQL and PLSQL code to support highvolume enterprise applications Design and implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies ensuring business continuity Implement database automation frameworks using tools such as Python, Ansible, and JenkinsEstablish Database SRE practices focusing on reliability, observability, and proactive issue detection.Manage and support multi-database environments including Oracle MongoDB Cassandra PostgreSQL and MySQLIntegrate database operations with CICD pipelines and DevOps workflowsIplemnt monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Datadog Splunk and CoLead incident management troubleshooting root cause analysis (RCA), and performance issue resolution.Collaborate with application, DevOps, QA, and security teams to drive architecture decisions and platform improvementsMentor junior DBAs and developers while driving database best practices and governance.Required Skills Experience1522 years of experience in database administration development and architecture roles Strong expertise in Oracle Database Administration and ArchitectureAdvanced proficiency in Oracle SQL PLSQL development, and performance tuningExperience in database automationand scripting Python Shell Ansible Handson experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins and CICD frameworksStrong knowledge of cloud platformsespecially AWS EC2 RDS S3 LambdaExperience working with NoSQL and modern databases such as MongoDB Cassandra PostgreSQL or MySQLExperience implementing database monitoring and observability tools Prometheus Datadog Splunk CloudWatchStrong understanding of high availability clustering backup and disaster recovery strategiesExcellent