Database Architect with Cloud Expertise

Database Architect With Cloud Expertise

Location: Dallas, TX / Louisville, KY / Miramar, FL / Phoenix, AZ (Onsite)

Job Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $140,000-$150,000 a Year

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (predominantly Azure, GCP and AWS is a plus).
• Strong knowledge of cloud compute, storage, and networking services.
• Proven experience with capacity planning, performance engineering, and scalability design.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Cloud-native monitoring, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).
• Strong understanding of Linux systems and cloud networking concepts.
• Adaptability and flexibility in dynamic work environment
• Database expertise in Oracle, MongoDB, SQL Database

Key Responsibilities:

• Design scalable, resilient, and performance-optimized cloud architectures across compute, storage, and networking layers.
• Define reference architectures and best practices for high-throughput, low-latency, and mission-critical workloads.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud-native services and architectural patterns based on performance characteristics.
• Lead capacity planning, workload modeling, and demand forecasting across cloud platforms.
• Define capacity baselines, growth models, and performance thresholds.
• Analyze historical usage patterns to predict future capacity needs and scaling requirements.
• Partner with finance and FinOps teams to balance capacity availability with cost optimization.
• Establish performance engineering standards and metrics (latency, throughput, utilization, saturation).
• Identify performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, networking, and application layers.
• Lead performance testing, stress testing, and resilience testing initiatives.
• Define and implement cloud scaling strategies (horizontal, vertical, auto-scaling).
• Define observability requirements for capacity and performance at scale.
• Standardize cloud monitoring, alerting, and dashboards.
• Ensure visibility across environments (dev, test, staging, prod).
• Communicate capacity trends, risks, and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.