Senior Database Architect & Cloud Leader

Federal Express Corporation; Chelsea Estates (DE); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Express Corporation is seeking a Database Advisor to provide technical leadership for enterprise database solutions in a hybrid Memphis, Plano, or Pittsburgh environment. You will design, implement, maintain, and optimize databases, solving performance and reliability challenges while guiding a team of DBAs.

The role requires deep PostgreSQL expertise, cloud database architecture with Spanner/AlloyDB, and strong automation via Terraform and CI/CD tools.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in database administration and design across enterprise environments.
• Experience with large-scale production databases, modernization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL concepts, including data modeling and indexing.
• Deep PostgreSQL expertise; Google AlloyDB/Cloud Spanner experience preferred.
• Cloud database infrastructure management using Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise database solutions.
• Perform root cause analysis for database issues and outages.
• Support migrations, upgrades, and modernization with minimal business disruption.
• Collaborate with business, development, and support teams to deliver effective solutions.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and cost optimization of cloud resources.
• Mentor junior DBAs and monitor database health and performance.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Cloud databases

Terraform

Python/Bash/Go

Kubernetes (GKE)

CI/CD pipelines

Data modeling

Big data/NoSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (Spanner/AlloyDB)

Flyway/Liquibase

GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Federal Express Corporation is seeking a Database Advisor to provide technical leadership for enterprise database solutions in a hybrid Memphis, Plano, or Pittsburgh environment. You will design, implement, maintain, and optimize databases, solving performance and reliability challenges while guiding a team of DBAs.

The role requires deep PostgreSQL expertise, cloud database architecture with Spanner/AlloyDB, and strong automation via Terraform and CI/CD tools.