Senior Database Architect & Cloud Strategy Lead

First Citizens Bank; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank seeks a senior Database Engineer Consultant to define and govern enterprise database architecture across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid settings. You will lead architecture reviews, drive modernization, and ensure security and disaster recovery strategies are aligned with business needs.

You will provide technical leadership, collaborate with management and business units, and guide assessments of new technologies to deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with extensive database technologies experience.
• Experience with mission-critical environments requiring high availability and DR capabilities.
• Strong security & compliance requirements experience in regulated industries.

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

Database architecture

Cloud database engineering

Disaster recovery planning

Security & compliance governance

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a database-related field

High School diploma or GED with 12 years of database experience

Tools

PostgreSQL

DB2

Netezza

Oracle Database

SQL Server

MongoDB

Job description

First Citizens Bank seeks a senior Database Engineer Consultant to define and govern enterprise database architecture across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid settings. You will lead architecture reviews, drive modernization, and ensure security and disaster recovery strategies are aligned with business needs.

You will provide technical leadership, collaborate with management and business units, and guide assessments of new technologies to deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions.