Cloud-Native Database Architect & Automation Lead

Venmo, LLC; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal is seeking an experienced Database/Cloud Architect to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of its global data platforms. You will lead transformations, design petabyte-scale systems, and optimize OLTP and analytics across multi-cloud environments, driving automation and AI-based optimization while collaborating with data and ML teams.

The role emphasizes observability, security, and cross-functional collaboration to support analytics and platform resilience in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency in BigTable, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, BigQuery, and Kubernetes.
• Expertise with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and GitOps automation frameworks.
• Strong programming in Python and SQL; familiarity with Bash, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, and Azure environments.
• Linux system administration and distributed systems troubleshooting skills.
• Deep understanding of observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
• Strong focus on system reliability, performance tuning, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage high-performance database clusters (BigTable, Oracle, MySQL, Cloud SQL).
• Architect multi-cloud database solutions across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Build Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Packer.
• Optimize databases through indexing, partitioning, tuning, and query improvements.
• Automate schema deployment and management using GitOps and CI/CD workflows.
• Lead incident response and implement self-healing and failover strategies.
• Develop observability and alerting systems using Grafana, Datadog, and Prometheus.
• Create Python-based automation and AI-driven optimization tools for database operations.
• Ensure database security, compliance, and documentation best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and ML teams to support analytics and platform goals.

Skills

BigTable

Oracle

MySQL/MariaDB

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

BigQuery

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

GitOps

Python

SQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Linux

Grafana

Datadog

ELK

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

CloudFormation

Job description

PayPal is seeking an experienced Database/Cloud Architect to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of its global data platforms. You will lead transformations, design petabyte-scale systems, and optimize OLTP and analytics across multi-cloud environments, driving automation and AI-based optimization while collaborating with data and ML teams.

The role emphasizes observability, security, and cross-functional collaboration to support analytics and platform resilience in a hybrid work