Senior Database Architect - PostgreSQL & SQL Server Azure

MCKESSON; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

CoverMyMeds, a McKesson company in Columbus, OH, seeks a highly experienced Lead Database Engineer to serve as the technical authority for PostgreSQL and SQL Server across on‑premises and Azure environments.

You will drive strategy, architecture, reliability, automation, and lifecycle management of mission‑critical database platforms, mentor engineers, and collaborate with security, SRE, and application teams to deliver scalable, secure database services.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in database administration/engineering.
• 5+ years in senior, lead, or enterprise technical leadership.
• 5+ years designing, operating, and optimizing databases in public cloud environments, with Microsoft Azure strongly preferred.
• Expert-level PostgreSQL administration experience, including high availability, replication, performance tuning, upgrades, and operational support.
• Strong expertise administering SQL Server (2014+) and Azure SQL in enterprise production environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, operation, and continuous evolution of PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server environments across cloud and on-premises platforms.
• Lead complex cloud modernization and database migration initiatives, including architecture design, migration strategy, performance validation, cutover planning, and post-migration stabilization.
• Establish and maintain database standards, reference architectures, operational runbooks, governance practices, and platform roadmaps that drive consistency and scalability.
• Design and validate highly available, resilient, and cost-efficient database solutions, including disaster recovery, backup, recovery, replication, and failover architectures.
• Advance Infrastructure as Code and Database-as-Code practices through Terraform, Liquibase, and CI/CD automation to enable secure, repeatable deployments.
• Drive database performance, observability, and operational excellence through proactive tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

SQL Server administration

Azure cloud

Database architecture

Leadership

Performance tuning

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Liquibase

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

CoverMyMeds, a McKesson company in Columbus, OH, seeks a highly experienced Lead Database Engineer to serve as the technical authority for PostgreSQL and SQL Server across on‑premises and Azure environments.

You will drive strategy, architecture, reliability, automation, and lifecycle management of mission‑critical database platforms, mentor engineers, and collaborate with security, SRE, and application teams to deliver scalable, secure database services.