Senior Cloud DB Architect — Flexible Work Options

Syngentagroup; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits

401k with company match

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Syngenta seeks a Senior Database Administrator in Durham, NC to lead administration, optimization, security, and modernization of enterprise database platforms. You will guide cloud-hosted and on-premises environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and cost efficiency.

You will collaborate with application, cloud, and infra teams, mentor junior DBAs, and shape multi-year roadmaps that meet governance and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Leads enterprise database architectures and modernization efforts.
• Experience with cloud-hosted and on-premises databases.
• Security, governance, and data protection expertise.

Responsibilities

• Administer, optimize, secure, and monitor enterprise database platforms across AWS-hosted and enterprise environments.
• Define database strategy, governance, and roadmaps aligned to business needs.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents and resolve performance, replication, and availability issues.

Skills

Leadership mentoring

Cloud & DevOps

Performance tuning

Security & compliance

Database strategy

Tools

AWS

Amazon RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Oracle

Job description

Syngenta seeks a Senior Database Administrator in Durham, NC to lead administration, optimization, security, and modernization of enterprise database platforms. You will guide cloud-hosted and on-premises environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and cost efficiency.

You will collaborate with application, cloud, and infra teams, mentor junior DBAs, and shape multi-year roadmaps that meet governance and compliance requirements.