Database Architect

Acestack; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Acestack is seeking a Database Architect to lead architecture for modern database platforms in a Charlotte, NC on-site setting. You will define target architectures, establish reference patterns, and drive platform-as-a-product initiatives to improve provisioning, governance, and performance.

The role emphasizes strong leadership in cross-functional teams, API-driven self-service database platforms, and enterprise resilience including DR and multi-region considerations. On-site work is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as an Infrastructure Engineer or working in a similar function.
• Define and own the target architecture and engineering strategy for modern database platforms across the enterprise.
• Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and standards for document (CockroachDB), in-memory (Redis) platforms.
• Ensure architecture aligns with hybrid, multi-cloud, and sovereignty considerations.
• Lead the creation of API-driven, self-service database platforms that abstract complexity from application teams.
• Define and implement service catalogs, golden deployment patterns, standardized provisioning workflows, reusable automation frameworks.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and platform-as-a-product principles.
• Ensure the platform delivers a unified developer experience, rapid provisioning, standardized configurations, governance and controls.
• Architect database services for resilience including multi-region/multi-site high availability, failover and DR strategies.

Skills

Adaptability

Business Acumen

Production Support

Solution Design

Stakeholder Management

Automation

Influence

Innovative Thinking

Solution Delivery Process

Technical Strategy Development

CockroachDB

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Database Architect

Charlotte, NC (Onsite)

FTE Only

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Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years as an Infrastructure Engineer or working in a similar function
• Define and own the target architecture and engineering strategy for modern database platforms across the enterprise
• Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and standards for document (CockroachDB), in-memory (Redis) platforms
• Ensure architecture aligns with hybrid, multi-cloud, and sovereignty considerations
• Lead the creation of API-driven, self-service database platforms that abstract complexity from application teams
• Define and implement, service catalogs, golden deployment patterns, standardized provisioning workflows, reusable automation frameworks
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and platform-as-a-product principles
• Ensure the platform delivers, consistent developer experience, rapid provisioning, standardized configurations, built-in governance and controls
• Architect database services for enterprise-grade resilience, including multi-region/multi-site high availability, failover and disaster recovery strategies, backup/restore frameworks
• Lead performance engineering, including sharding and partitioning strategies, caching patterns (e.g., Redis integration), workload isolation and scaling models
• Define and enforce SLOs/SLAs and reliability benchmarks
• Introduce proactive capacity planning and performance optimization models
• Ensure deep integration with core infrastructure layers network (segmentation, routing, load balancing), compute (VM, bare metal, container orchestration), storage (block, file, object; performance tiers)
• Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to optimize deployment models, standardize connectivity and security patterns, enable Kubernetes/operator-based database management

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience leading platform engineering or internal developer platform initiatives
• Experience in financial services or regulated enterprise environments
• Experience with Kubernetes operators for databases
• Knowledge of multi-cloud architectures and data sovereignty models
• Experience with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, etc.)
• Exposure to data governance and enterprise data architecture frameworks
• Platform thinking and product mindset
• Architectural leadership and systems design
• Deep database engineering expertise
• Automation-first mindset
• Cross-domain integration (infra, security, enterprise systems)
• Strong stakeholder management and influence

The ideal candidate:

• Operates at a lead/architect level, bridging strategy and execution
• Can standardize and scale database services across a complex enterprise
• Balances engineering rigor with usability and developer experience
• Proactively identifies risks, gaps, and optimization opportunities
• Drives alignment across technology, operations, and governance domains

Skills:

• Adaptability
• Business Acumen
• Production Support
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Automation
• Influence
• Innovative ThinkingSolution Delivery Process
• Technical Strategy Development
• CockroachDB