Senior Database Architect - Couchbase - 12+ Years - Immediate Joiners

Job Description – Senior Database Architect (Couchbase)

Experience: 12+ Years

Location: Bangalore

Notice Period: Immediate Joiners Only

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Database Architect with strong expertise in Couchbase and NoSQL database technologies. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing enterprise-grade database architectures, driving database performance optimization, ensuring high availability, and providing technical leadership for large-scale, distributed database systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, highly available, and secure Couchbase database architectures for enterprise applications.
• Define database architecture strategies, data modeling standards, and best practices.
• Lead Couchbase cluster design, deployment, configuration, replication, and capacity planning.
• Optimize SQL++ (N1QL) queries, indexing strategies, data access patterns, and overall database performance.
• Architect disaster recovery, backup, restore, failover, and business continuity solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex database performance issues and conduct root-cause analysis.
• Lead database migration, modernization, and integration initiatives.
• Establish database security policies, access controls, encryption, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with application architects, development teams, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to align database architecture with business requirements.
• Evaluate database technologies and recommend solutions based on scalability, performance, availability, and cost.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor database engineers, and conduct architecture and design reviews.
• Develop database monitoring, alerting, automation, and operational excellence strategies.

Required Skills And Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in database architecture, database engineering, or database administration, with strong hands-on expertise in Couchbase.
• Extensive experience in Couchbase Server architecture, cluster management, replication, and distributed data systems.
• Strong expertise in SQL++/N1QL, indexing, query profiling, and performance tuning.
• In-depth knowledge of NoSQL data modeling, document design, partitioning, and scalability principles.
• Experience designing high-availability, disaster recovery, backup, and recovery solutions.
• Proven experience handling large-scale databases and mission-critical enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of database security, access management, and performance monitoring.
• Experience with Linux, scripting, and database automation.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized deployments.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
• Exposure to database migration, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
• Experience defining database governance, architecture standards, and technology roadmaps.

Candidate Profile

• Total Experience: 12+ Years
• Core Technology: Couchbase
• Primary Focus: Database Architecture, NoSQL, Performance Optimization, High Availability, and Scalability
• Location: Bangalore
• Joining Requirement: Immediate Joiners Only
• Interview Process: Technical Discussion and Management Round

Skills:- Couchbase