Database Architect

Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection, delivering natively integrated solutions that monitor, control, and protect the data that businesses and lives depend on. Driven by our passion to protect every workload, we’ve built the industry’s only all-in-one cyber protection platform. We are looking for a Database Architect to join our mission of protecting the digital world. Acronis operates a complex, large-scale data platform powering hundreds of services worldwide. Our technology stack includes highly available clustered relational (PostgreSQL, MariaDB), NoSQL (Cassandra), time-series, and vector databases, operating under extremely high load. In this role, you will play a key part in evolving database architecture and operational processes to ensure scalable, automated, and reliable data processing across company services and global datacenters. You will also contribute to data quality initiatives and the adoption of AI-driven and analytics-oriented data solutions.WHAT YOU'LL DO Design and evolve database architecture across Acronis cloud products, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and performanceDefine and promote best practices for relational, NoSQL, time-series, and vector databases across different workloadsDesign and review data migration approaches, ensuring data integrity, security, and minimal service impactContribute to database automation initiatives in collaboration with Database DevOps and Infrastructure teamsParticipate in data quality initiatives across multiple systems, improving consistency and correctness of dataWork closely with engineering teams on database design decisions, performance optimization, and complex data issuesSupport adoption of AI-driven and analytics-oriented data solutionsProvide architectural reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing across teamsWHAT YOU BRING 5+ years of experience working with production databases in complex environmentsStrong expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MariaDB/MySQL) and solid understanding of database architecture principlesExperience with performance optimization, scalability patterns, and data modelingHands-on experience with database migrations and schema evolution in production systemsUnderstanding of high availability, backup, monitoring, and recovery conceptsAbility to collaborate effectively with engineering and DevOps teamsStrong problem-solving skills and attention to detailFluent English with strong written and verbal communication skillsWILL BE A PLUSExperience with NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra) or distributed data systemsExposure to time-series and/or vector databasesExperience with data quality, reconciliation, or cross-system consistency projectsFamiliarity with search and indexing technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch or similar)Kubernetes experience (including databases running on Kubernetes)Experience with public cloud DBaaS platforms (GCP, Azure, or similar)Programming or scripting experience (Python, Go)Experience with automation tools or infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Ansible)Experience working with Jira, Git, and ConfluenceMORE ABOUT OUR TEAMA team of database experts who value collaboration, share knowledge openly, care deeply about reliability and stability, and embrace change by solving complex challenges with unique solutions.1000+ database clusters globally (PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MariaDB as expertise)IaC automation based on Ansible, integrated with CI/CD (Jenkins + Python tools)Kubernetes adoption for both in-house tools and vendor-provided database imagesCentralized observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, ELKInfrastructure fully operated in Acronis datacenters worldwide*Pleasesubmityour resume and application in EnglishWHO WE AREA Swiss company foundedin Singapore in2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and more than 1800 employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities we serve. Mutual trust,respectand belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of our team. Each member of our “A-Team” plays an instrumental role in driving the success of our innovative and expanding business. We seek individuals who excel in dynamic, global environments and have a never give up attitude, contributing to our collective growth and impact.OUR INTERVIEW PRACTICESTo ensure a fair and genuine hiring process, candidates are expected toparticipatein interviews without the use of AI tools, automated prompts, or third-partyassistance. Interviews are designed to assess individual skills, experience, and communicationstyleand we value authentic, real-time interaction.Use of AI or externalassistanceduring live interviews may result in disqualification. For roles where AI skills are being evaluated,permi