Database Architect

The Role

Bottomline is looking for a Database Architect to grow with us either in a Hybrid work environment out of our Portsmouth NH office or fully remote!

The architect will have a deep understanding of how to design, implement, and maintain performing, scalable and highly available database solutions within our commercial products.  The Database Architect will be an integral part of Bottomline’s organization by working across teams to establish database usage and management norms and by driving improvements to architecture, automation and best practices. 

This position can be based out of a Remote location within the US, East Coast preferred 

 

How you’ll contribute:

• Catalog, develop, coordinate, communicate and maintain database architectural standards, reference implementation models, best practices, design guidelines and processes across the organization 

• Regularly participate, and when necessary, lead database architecture design sessions at both the lowest levels within an application team as well as high-level construct and integration points 

• Be an active member of the Architecture Steering Committee for the definition of standards, review of architecture/design, perform objective proof of concepts while selecting tools/technologies 

• Review designs with an understanding of the impact and application of regulatory and internal policies (e.g. FFIEC, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, HIPPA and SLAs) 

• Regularly review ongoing implementations for opportunities for continuous improvement 

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with multiple stakeholders - product lines, cross-functional engineering teams, leadership, to garner support, influence and accelerate transformation towards a modern cloud-native product mindset 
• Actively mentor and provide leadership to DBAs as well as cross functional engineering teams 

 

What will make you successful: 

• Proven experience as a Database Architect, Database Administrator, or similar role 

• In-depth knowledge of database management systems (e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server) and database design principles 

• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis) and their use cases

• Extensive technical background in the IT industry with strong technical leadership/architecture background in SaaS software development 

• Strong SRE/DevOps understanding with proven experience with at least one major IaaC solution provider (Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure IaC) 

• Hands-on experience with database performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting 

• Expert understanding of security, reliability, scalability, high availability, and concurrency database architectural patterns in solutions – Very important

• Strong background designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems leveraging modern cloud-native constructs  

• Have good knowledge of data enablement – ingestion, storage, wrangling with the requisite security constructs (encryption, keys, certs, tokens) 

• Have a positive and all in attitude to work collaboratively within and across teams 

• Proven success coaching and influencing company wide 

• Advanced experience in related field and/or a degree in related technologies 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

 

What We Offer: 

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Flexible working arrangements. 

 

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