Database Architect

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Database Architect builds integrated data systems for a company or organization. Creates structures needed for different types of information processed, integrates structures into a system that is reliable and secure, sets system standards, and provides help with troubleshooting and access to data.

Job Outlook

There were 55 Database Architect job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 1495 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Database Architect industry, which includes the Database Architect career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:

Salary

Many new Database Architect jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $146,454.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $142,093.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Database Architect postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $137,501.

Education and Experience

Posted Database Architect jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	54.92%
Master's Degree	21.27%
Doctoral Degree	2.94%
Other	1.94%

Posted Database Architect jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	4.14%
3 to 5 years	34.07%
6 to 8 years	25.6%
9+ years	36.19%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Database Architect positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (35.92%)
Management (34.72%)
Communication (33.38%)
Problem Solving (26.96%)
Operations (26.89%)
Leadership (21.74%)
Planning (18.13%)
Innovation (16.05%)
Research (14.72%)
Information Technology (13.38%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Database Architecture (29.8%)
Automation (27.79%)
Amazon Web Services (29.66%)
Microsoft Azure (22.38%)
Data Warehousing (26.89%)
Extract Transform Load (ETL) (22.31%)
Data Modeling (34.86%)
Database Design (24.26%)
SQL (Programming Language) (47.12%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Database Management (13.79%)
CommVault (4.85%)
Data Lakes (9.63%)
Cloud Services (4.92%)
Database Systems (18.3%)
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (8.25%)
Emerging Technologies (7.62%)
Unix (6.65%)
Business Intelligence (7.83%)
Technical Support (3.95%)
Data Access (4.78%)
Agile Methodology (10.19%)
Artificial Intelligence (5.47%)
Bash (Scripting Language) (3.53%)
Computer Science (36.17%)
Software Development (9.29%)
Backup Devices (14.28%)
Business Requirements (14.35%)
Data Analysis (14.35%)
Data Security (19.2%)
IT Capacity Management (8.66%)
Data Integrity (17.26%)
Big Data (11.02%)
Auditing (10.26%)
Cloud Database (7.07%)
Change Management (10.26%)
Data Visualization (3.67%)
DevOps (9.29%)
Business Process (5.75%)
Information Privacy (8.45%)
Data Management (18.71%)
Relational Databases (15.45%)
Cyber Security (8.25%)
Database Security (12.13%)
Database Storage Structures (3.81%)
Database Management Systems (9.49%)
Operating Systems (10.05%)
Linux (10.4%)
MySQL (13.17%)
Information Systems (11.57%)
Data Governance (9.77%)
Encryption (11.92%)
System Administration (7.62%)
Disaster Recovery (20.65%)
Amazon DynamoDB (3.67%)
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (3.12%)
Data Architecture (13.72%)
Data Migration (5.75%)
Database Tuning (15.73%)
Finance (3.53%)
Database Administration (24.19%)
Project Management (15.45%)
Python (Programming Language) (18.09%)
PostgreSQL (15.66%)
Machine Learning (7.21%)
Scalability (33.61%)
Microsoft SQL Servers (11.3%)
Windows Servers (3.05%)
Veritas NetBackup (5.27%)
NetApp Applications (4.37%)
Systems Development Life Cycle (7.07%)
NoSQL (9.63%)
Performance Tuning (22.73%)
MongoDB (14.35%)
Query Optimization (10.74%)
Oracle Databases (15.25%)
Warehousing (4.85%)
Windows PowerShell (5.61%)
Ansible (3.33%)
Solution Architecture (3.26%)
Scripting (19.06%)
Software Engineering (3.67%)
Veeam (3.12%)
Technical Documentation (3.67%)
Virtualization (3.19%)
On Prem (8.45%)
Data Storage (7.48%)
Stored Procedure (9.77%)
Indexing (9.98%)
Technical Leadership (6.86%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Oracle Autonomous Database (3.6%)
Data Partitioning (6.31%)
Tablespace (3.6%)
Oracle Database Architecture (2.84%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Automation (100%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Database Architect skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Oracle Database Architect
Backup Engineer
Storage Architect
Cloud Database Architect
SQL Server Database Engineer
Oracle DBA Principal Consultant
Lead Database Architect
MySQL Database Administrator
SQL Database Analyst

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Database Architect jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Marriott International (51)
Nutanix (51)
Professional Solutions Delivered (37)
Concentrix (34)
Epsilon (26)
Beacon Hill Staffing Group (24)
Leidos (18)
Public Partnerships (16)
Ernst & Young (13)
Oracle (13)

North Carolina

LifePoint Health (4)
Cynet Systems (3)
Tdec (2)
Gilead Sciences (2)
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (2)
Cox Communications (2)
Talent Group - Consultoría de Recursos Humanos (2)
Sygna Solutions (2)
Acunor Infotech (1)
SolutionIT (1)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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