Senior Database Architect & Cloud Strategy Lead

First Citizens Bank; Arizona; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank seeks a Database Engineer Consultant to serve as a senior technical leader responsible for defining, governing, and advancing enterprise database architecture across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

This role will guide cloud adoption, security compliance, disaster recovery, automation, and modernization initiatives while presenting reliable, cost-effective options to management and partner teams.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of database administration, architecture, engineering, and operational support.
• Experience supporting mission-critical environments requiring high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Experience working within regulated environments with strong security and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise database architecture standards, roadmaps, and reference architectures.
• Provide governance and oversight for cloud and on-premises database designs.
• Lead Architecture Review Group activities and ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards.
• Develop and maintain database architecture diagrams, standards, and procedures documentation.
• Drive adoption of cloud database technologies across various environments.
• Conduct research and development activities supporting database modernization and automation.
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives for emerging platforms and technologies.
• Design and maintain enterprise disaster recovery and high availability strategies.
• Provide consultative direction and technical expertise across the Bank's database infrastructure landscape.
• Advise business and technology partners on reliability, scalability, security, availability, and recovery solutions.
• Support enterprise initiatives through architecture reviews and technology recommendations.

Skills

Database administration

Architecture design

High availability

Security & compliance

Cloud adoption

Automation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Database Technologies

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Database monitoring tools

Infrastructure management tools

Job description

First Citizens Bank seeks a Database Engineer Consultant to serve as a senior technical leader responsible for defining, governing, and advancing enterprise database architecture across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

This role will guide cloud adoption, security compliance, disaster recovery, automation, and modernization initiatives while presenting reliable, cost-effective options to management and partner teams.