Fieldpiece Instruments · 18 hours ago
Sr. Database Architect
Fieldpiece Instruments has been designing rugged, precision tools for HVAC/R professionals since 1990, and they are seeking a Sr. Database Architect to create the vision and long-term data architecture strategy for their product and customer data. The role involves building scalable data architectures, driving governance, and collaborating across teams to support digital and IoT initiatives.
Responsibilities
Own and evolve our database architecture roadmap with an eye toward scalability, interoperability, and future growth
Define both logical and physical data models to support real-time ingestion, transactional workloads, analytics, and reporting
Create data standards, schemas, and taxonomies that align across business units
Serve as the go-to database expert within Engineering, partnering with Product, Finance, Commercial, and operational teams
Design and build data pipelines to connect digital/IoT data with ERP, CRM, and finance systems
Specify synchronization logic, API-based integrations, and event-driven flows to ensure data consistency
Ensure compatibility and seamless data flow across our cloud and on-prem systems
Define data governance frameworks and access control aligned to our security and privacy policies
Drive implementation of data lineage, retention, and auditability tools
Ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and internal cybersecurity and privacy standards
Collaborate with security teams to enforce encryption, key management, backups, and disaster recovery
Lead performance tuning, indexing, partitioning, and caching strategies to scale efficiently and ensure 24/7 availability and 99% uptime
Evaluate and select database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, MySQL) to meet future needs
Build automated deployments (CI/CD) for schema versioning, environment provisioning, and repeatable provisioning
Introduce monitoring, observability, and alerting to proactively detect performance issues
Build strong partnerships with data owners across business units to ensure shared governance and cohesive change management
Communicate complex data architecture strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related STEM field; Master's degree preferred
12+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture, covering both OLTP and OLAP systems
Proven track record designing data architectures spanning multiple business domains (e.g., Digital, Finance, Commercial)
Deep expertise in data modeling, schema design, and integrations across relational and non-relational databases
Experience with modern data platforms (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, MongoDB)
Familiarity with ETL/ELT and orchestration tools, such as Airflow, dbt, Kafka, or MuleSoft
Strong understanding of data security, privacy, and governance
Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
Benefits
401(k): Matching up to 4% with immediate vesting.
Health Benefits: Excellent medical coverage — including HSA options and contributions.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Supplemental insurance programs.
Hire-to-Retire philosophy - we support your long-term development.
Compensation & Stability: A competitive, full-time role in a well-established industry leader.
Unique Perks: On-site music lessons — guitar, piano, voice — because we believe in creativity, balance & community.
Company
Fieldpiece Instruments
Fieldpiece Instruments is the leading manufacturer of professional-grade tools for the HVACR industry, delivering quality instruments industry pros trust to help them do more, every day.
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