Senior DB Architect - Hybrid, AI-Driven Reliability

MetLife, Inc.; Cary (NC); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan and vision/dental

Life insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Disability insurance

Tuition assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

MetLife, Inc. in Cary, NC is seeking a senior database professional to design, implement, and operate scalable enterprise databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB) with automation-first approaches. This hybrid role requires a minimum of 3 days in the office weekly and involves on-call support for a 24x7 environment.

You will drive HA/DR, security/compliance, and performance tuning while mentoring DBAs and guiding architecture toward reliable, observable systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT/CS/Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years (or 5+ years with Master) in large-scale DB environments.
• Experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB on Linux.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate secure, resilient database platforms.
• Lead installations, upgrades, and reliability initiatives with CI/CD.
• Provide observability, tuning, capacity planning and DR strategies.
• Mentor DBAs and ensure security/compliance across environments.
• Participate in on-call support for a 24x7 enterprise environment.

Skills

Database administration

CI/CD

Automation

Observability

Security & compliance

Mentoring

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Master's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

CosmosDB

Linux

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

MetLife, Inc. in Cary, NC is seeking a senior database professional to design, implement, and operate scalable enterprise databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB) with automation-first approaches. This hybrid role requires a minimum of 3 days in the office weekly and involves on-call support for a 24x7 environment.

You will drive HA/DR, security/compliance, and performance tuning while mentoring DBAs and guiding architecture toward reliable, observable systems.