Data Architect / DBA

The Data Architect / DBA owns data architecture, database design, and data strategy across the platform — covering schema architecture, performance tuning, and data governance across all subsystems and the parallel data-migration workstream.

Experience · 10+ years in database/data engineering with 4+ years in an architect-level data role.

Location :Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Job type: Contract

Work mode: Work from office

Responsibilities

Own data architecture — schema design standards, data modelling, and data-layer patterns across the platform.

Design database structures for high-throughput transactional workloads, in coordination with delivery pods.

Set performance and tuning standards — indexing, query optimization guidance, and capacity planning.

Own data strategy and governance — data classification, retention, and data-quality standards.

Review and approve schema changes and data-layer designs from delivery pods.

Coordinate closely with the Data Migration pod on source-to-target data architecture and migration design.





Define database security architecture inputs — encryption, access model — in coordination with DevOps.

Document data architecture, standards, and data dictionaries to programme documentation standards.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

Experience: 10+ years in database/data engineering with 4+ years in an architect-level data role.

Databases: Deep expertise in PostgreSQL and/or Oracle — schema design, performance tuning, HA/DR concepts.

Modelling: Robust data modelling and schema architecture capability across relational systems.

Migration: Experience designing or overseeing large-scale data migration architecture.

Standards: Experience producing formal data architecture documentation and standards.

Domain: Data architecture experience on high-volume, regulated, or government workloads.

Qualifications and certifications

Education and credentials that support this role.

Bachelor//'s degree in Computer Scien

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