About this role
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Job Summary
We are seeking a Database Architect to design and manage secure, scalable, and compliant database systems for our healthcare SaaS platform. This role requires expertise in handling sensitive data, including PII/PPI and PHI, while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and delivering high-performance, multi-tenant solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable, multi-tenant database architectures for healthcare SaaS applications
- Develop data models and storage solutions for sensitive healthcare data (PHI, PII/PPI)
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, GDPR, and other relevant regulations
- Implement data encryption (at rest and in transit), masking, and access controls
- Architect systems for high availability, disaster recovery, and auditability
- Define and enforce data governance, retention, and audit logging policies
- Optimize database performance for large-scale healthcare datasets and real-time access
- Collaborate with security, compliance, and engineering teams to meet regulatory requirements
- Lead data migration and integration with EHR/EMR systems and third-party healthcare platforms
- Comply best practices for secure CI/CD pipelines involving database changes
- Monitor systems for data integrity, breaches, and anomalous access patterns
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- 10+ years of progressive industry experience in enterprise technology, architecture, and systems management.
- 7 + years of experience in database architecture, preferably in SaaS environments
- Strong experience with data lake architectures (e.g., AWS S3, Azure Data Lake, Google Cloud Storage)
- Proven experience designing or managing data farm / distributed data platforms (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Databricks ecosystems)
- Hands-on experience handling sensitive data (PHI, PII/PPI) in regulated environments
- Strong knowledge of HIPAA compliance, data privacy, and security frameworks
- Expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and non-relational systems such as Cosmo s DB , MongoDB
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), especially healthcare-compliant services
- Proficiency in data encryption, key management, and role-based access control (RBAC)
- Strong understanding of scaling strategies and distributed systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with EHR/EMR systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner) or healthcare integrations (HL7, FHIR)
- Familiarity with healthcare data standards and interoperability frameworks
- Experience with audit logging, compliance reporting, and risk assessments
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Security Specialty, Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP)
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)