Database & Platform Architect (Hybrid)

Swift is unable to sponsor an employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

What to Expect:

In this role you will:

• Design high-performance resilient database and platform solution (virtualization container storage) for on-prem hybrid and cloud environments
• Partner with engineering DevOps and business teams to assess requirements and translate them into robust scalable technical solutions
• Lead the evaluation and selection of technologies aligned with data platform needs
• Provide governance and technical leadership in data availability integrity backup/recovery and disaster recovery strategies
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on best practices in data management storage optimization and compliance (e.g. GDPR HIPAA)
• Develop and maintain architectural standards reference models and solution blueprints
• Contribute to capacity planning performance tuning and cost optimization across storage and database platforms
• Design cloud-compatible database architectures using Oracle RAC Oracle ExaCC Oracle GoldenGate Cassandra Amazon RDS Azure Database Google Cloud SQL and other cloud-native database solutions
• Provide expertise in migrating managing and maintaining database solutions across cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AWS Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Evaluate recommend and integrate new database technologies and strategies including serverless databases managed database services and data warehousing solutions
• Ensure compliance with industry best practices related to data security availability performance and disaster recovery across cloud and hybrid environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements analyze data needs and provide strategic database solutions
• Evaluate and recommend the right backend storage technology and architecture to meet the IO needs of database and applications
• Mentor database administrators and developers to adopt best practices in database design backup and recovery solutions cloud integration and management

What will make you successful:

We are seeking professionals with:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field
• At least 10 years of relevant experience of which 5 are in architecture of global approaches and solutions
• Minimum 7 years of experience in database architecture administration and platform engineering
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and leadership capabilities
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders

Database Expertise

• Strong experience with Oracle technologies (RAC ExaCC GoldenGate) and Apache Cassandra
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL and MongoDB is a plus
• Proven expertise in designing and deploying relational and non-relational (NoSQL) database solutions
• Hands-on experience with cloud-managed database services (OCI Autonomous Database AWS Aurora Azure Cosmos DB GCP Bigtable)
• Strong capabilities in database observability monitoring and performance analysis across hybrid and cloud environments

Platform & Infrastructure

• Experience with virtualization (VMware KVM) and storage platforms:

o SAN-based (HPE XP8 NetApp Pure Storage)

o Software-defined/local storage (vSAN Ceph)

• Experience with container platforms (Kubernetes OpenShift)
• Strong expertise in performance tuning high availability (HA) and disaster recovery strategies
• Exposure to secrets management solutions (e.g. HashiCorp Vault Oracle Key Vault)

Cloud & Compliance

• Strong knowledge of major cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and their storage/database services (e.g. S3 RDS Azure SQL)
• Solid understanding of security and compliance standards (e.g. CIS benchmarks for OS and databases)
• Experience designing resilient architectures with replication and disaster recovery across hybrid and multi-cloud environments

US - External and Internal Candidates

Belgium - INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY!

The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position in Virginia is $145877.00 USD Annual MINIMUM to $270915.00 USD Annual MAXIMUM. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location. Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employees contingent on personal and company performance. Our generous benefits program includes medical dental vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families and retirement plan plus matching 401k.

What we offer

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals like you with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyones voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

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Dont meet every single requirement At Swift we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team so if you are excited about this role we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.