Senior Cloud Database Architect — Remote (US)

Availity; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work

Unlimited PTO

9 paid holidays

401k match

Education reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

Availity seeks a Cloud Database Architect V to define the enterprise cloud database strategy and lead modernization across the organization. You will design scalable, reliable database solutions for healthcare applications serving millions of users, partnering with engineering, security, and platform teams.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in database engineering and architecture, deep AWS expertise (RDS/Aurora), and experience with multi-region DR, IaC, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in database engineering/architecture, including 5+ years cloud-native solutions.
• Experience designing mission-critical db platforms for large-scale workloads in public cloud.
• Proficiency with AWS, and knowledge of Azure/GCP preferred.
• Deep expertise in databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra).
• Experience with AWS services (RDS, Aurora) and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the enterprise cloud database strategy and architecture roadmap.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient database solutions.
• Lead modernization and migration initiatives (assessments, design, cutover, rollback).
• Architect high availability, DR, and multi-region capabilities.
• Establish governance, security, backup, recovery, and operational readiness standards.
• Evaluate new database technologies and advise on adoption or retirement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify dependencies and decisions.
• Provide architectural guidance, mentorship, and reference architectures.

Skills

AWS

RDS/Aurora

Cloud Architecture

Data Modeling

Multi-Region DR

Security & Governance

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT

AWS Certification

Tools

DynamoDB

ElastiCache

Redshift

DMS

Job description

Availity seeks a Cloud Database Architect V to define the enterprise cloud database strategy and lead modernization across the organization. You will design scalable, reliable database solutions for healthcare applications serving millions of users, partnering with engineering, security, and platform teams.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in database engineering and architecture, deep AWS expertise (RDS/Aurora), and experience with multi-region DR, IaC, and cost optimization.