Lead Database Architect — PostgreSQL & Azure Mastery

McKesson; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Lead Database Engineer to act as the technical authority for enterprise PostgreSQL and SQL Server platforms across on-premises and Microsoft Azure environments. You will drive strategy, architecture, reliability, automation, and lifecycle management of mission-critical database services.

As a trusted leader, you’ll partner with application, infrastructure, security, and SRE teams to modernize database services, establish engineering standards, and enable scalable, secure

Qualifications

• 10+ years of database administration/engineering experience.
• 5+ years in senior/lead/architect roles.
• Azure-focused experience strongly preferred.
• Expert PostgreSQL with HA, replication, tuning.
• Strong SQL Server and Azure SQL experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional database initiatives.
• Mentoring engineers and DBAs to promote standards.

Responsibilities

• Own design, implementation, operation, and evolution of PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Azure SQL environments across cloud and on-premises.
• Lead cloud modernization and database migration initiatives including architecture, strategy, validation, cutover, and stabilization.
• Establish standards, reference architectures, runbooks, governance, and roadmaps for consistency and scalability.
• Design highly available, cost-efficient DB solutions with DR, backups, replication, and failover.
• Advance IaC and DBCaC with Terraform, Liquibase, and CI/CD automation for repeatable deployments.
• Drive performance, observability, monitoring, and continuous improvement in the database stack.
• Serve as senior escalation point for critical production issues and incident remediation.
• Partner with security and teams to implement access control, compliance, and vulnerability remediation.
• Mentor engineers/DBAs, lead reviews, and promote knowledge sharing.
• Present recommendations and roadmaps to senior leadership in business terms.

Job description

McKesson is seeking a Lead Database Engineer to act as the technical authority for enterprise PostgreSQL and SQL Server platforms across on-premises and Microsoft Azure environments. You will drive strategy, architecture, reliability, automation, and lifecycle management of mission-critical database services.

As a trusted leader, you’ll partner with application, infrastructure, security, and SRE teams to modernize database services, establish engineering standards, and enable scalable, secure