Database Architect

Role Summary

This role is responsible for designing and evolving the organization’s cloud data architecture as applications are migrated and re-architected from on-premises systems to Azure. The Data Architect will define scalable and secure data solutions leveraging Azure-managed database services (PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Azure SQL) and drive best practices in data modeling, integration, automation, and interoperability (including FHIR where applicable).

Key Responsibilities

• Data Architecture & Modeling
• Define reference architectures and reusable patterns that enable consistent adoption across multiple application teams
• Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models for modernized applications
• Define standards for data structures, naming conventions, and data lifecycle management
• Ensure alignment between application architecture and data design (transactional + domain-driven patterns)
• Cloud Data Platform Architecture
• Design and guide implementation of solutions using: - Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
• - Azure SQL / SQL Server
• - Supporting Azure data services (ADF, Event Hubs, etc.)
• Establish architecture patterns for high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery
• Provide guidance on database selection across relational and NoSQL options
• Modernization & Migration
• Lead data architecture for on-prem to Azure migration and re-platforming efforts
• Define strategies for: - Data migration (including near-zero downtime approaches)
• - Data synchronization and cutover
• - Schema modernization and decomposition of legacy designs
• Data Integration & Interoperability
• Design integration patterns for batch and real-time data movement
• Support implementation of FHIR-based data structures and interoperability patterns
• Ensure consistency and quality across distributed data systems
• Governance, Security & Compliance
• Establish standards for: - Data security and access controls (AAD, RBAC)
• - Data classification and protection
• - Audit and compliance requirements (including healthcare considerations if FHIR is used)
• Ensure architecture aligns with enterprise governance models
• Collaboration & Leadership
• Partner with application teams, DBAs, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions
• Act as a consultative architect, influencing design decisions without creating delivery bottlenecks
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and reference patterns

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in data architecture, database design, or data engineering

Critical Skills

• Strong knowledge (4+ years) of cloud-native database platforms (Azure preferred)
• Hands-on experience (4+ years) with: - Azure PostgreSQL (Flexible Server strongly preferred)
• - Azure SQL / SQL Server
• Experience (4+ years) with database migration strategies, including: - Data synchronization
• - Low/zero-downtime migration patterns
• Proficiency (4+ years) in: - Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code tools
• - CI/CD pipeline integration for database deployments
• Solid understanding of: - Data modeling (relational and NoSQL)
• - Distributed data patterns (sharding, CQRS, event-driven architectures)
• Experience documenting data architecture standards and procedures

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience with Azure ecosystem services (ADF, Synapse, Data Lake, Cosmos DB)
• Familiarity with FHIR and healthcare data interoperability standards
• Experience with: - Liquibase or similar schema/versioning tools
• - ArgoCD or GitOps deployment models
• Exposure to domain-driven design and microservices-based data architecture

Benefits

We not only care about the wellbeing of our patients, customers and the communities we serve — we care about you. That’s why we provide our employees with a comprehensive support system for all aspects of Your Care: physical, emotional, financial and social.