Database Architect

Postgres, MySQL
UNITED STATES
October 17, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Imagineeer
Location: United States
Workplace Type: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

Imagineeer is seeking an experienced Database Architect to support the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of the Chief Information Officer in a fully remote capacity. In this role, you will design, implement, and optimize enterprise database environments supporting the Human Capital Management platform, ensuring high availability, compliance, and scalability.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and maintain enterprise database solutions supporting federal HRIT and HCM systems.
  • Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models adhering to enterprise architecture standards.
  • Architect high-availability, fault-tolerant database topologies, clustering, and replication models.
  • Formulate and execute backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery strategies for mission-critical datastores.
  • Formulate strategies for database indexing, partitioning, workload management, and query optimization.
  • Support data migration and integration architectures across enterprise services, APIs, and legacy systems.
  • Enforce federal cybersecurity and NIST compliance standards, including encryption, role-based access control, and auditing.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on architectural reviews, database standards, and schema governance.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship with eligibility to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Data Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 8+ years of experience in database architecture, database engineering, or enterprise data platform design.
  • Advanced knowledge of relational database platforms including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Proven expertise in data modeling, query tuning, indexing, replication, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Experience with cloud-based database services (AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL).

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience supporting HHS or other federal health agencies (such as CMS, NIH, CDC, or FDA).
  • Professional certifications such as CDMP, AWS Data Analytics, or Azure Data Engineer.
  • Familiarity with enterprise ETL tools, API integrations, and database observability tooling.

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive salary and comprehensive health insurance coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
  • Generous paid time off (PTO).

Imagineeer is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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