Senior Database Architect & Cloud Strategy Leader

First Citizens Bank; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank seeks a Database Engineer Consultant to lead enterprise database architecture across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will establish standards, provide governance, and drive modernization while ensuring security, DR, and cost efficiency.

You will guide architecture reviews, develop reference architectures, and partner with business units to deliver reliable, scalable database solutions and automation across the bank's data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 8+ years in database technologies or HS diploma with 12+ years in database technologies.
• Deep understanding of database administration, architecture, engineering, and operational support.
• Experience in regulated environments with strong security and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise database architecture standards, roadmaps, and reference architectures.
• Provide governance for cloud and on‑premises database designs.
• Lead Architecture Review Group activities and align with enterprise standards.
• Develop and maintain database architecture diagrams, standards, and procedures.
• Drive adoption of cloud database technologies across environments.
• Lead proof‑of‑concept initiatives for emerging platforms and technologies.
• Design and maintain disaster recovery and high‑availability strategies.
• Advise partners on reliability, scalability, security, availability, and recovery.

Skills

Database administration

Database architecture

Database engineering

Operations & support

High availability

Security & compliance

Cloud & on-premises databases

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

PostgreSQL

DB2

Netezza

Oracle Database

SQL Server

MongoDB

Job description

First Citizens Bank seeks a Database Engineer Consultant to lead enterprise database architecture across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will establish standards, provide governance, and drive modernization while ensuring security, DR, and cost efficiency.

You will guide architecture reviews, develop reference architectures, and partner with business units to deliver reliable, scalable database solutions and automation across the bank's data platforms.