Edison Works DT - Staff Database Architect

Location: Evendale

Job Description Summary

Edison Works’ Advanced Programs are a key growth area in GE Edison Works and the GE Aerospace Military Systems portfolio, with revenue expected to grow significantly over the next 5 years. This cross-functional organization partners across product management, engineering, operations, supply chain, Digital Technology (DT), and security to deliver that growth.

Edison Works is seeking an experienced Database Architect to lead the architecture, design, standardization, and lifecycle management of on-premises database platforms supporting critical enterprise and operational workloads, while also developing cloud-ready architectures and capabilities for the near future. This role requires deep technical expertise in both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, with responsibility for platform availability, recoverability, performance, security, and operational excellence.

This role serves as a senior technical expert and domain leader, shaping database strategy, influencing architecture decisions across teams, and leading complex initiatives with broad organizational impact. The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on technical depth with systems thinking, operational discipline, and a continuous improvement mindset to deliver outcomes aligned to Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC).

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, engineering standards, and technical direction for on-premises Oracle and SQL Server database platforms across enterprise environments.
• Design secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable database solutions for business-critical applications and operational systems.
• Establish and govern reference architectures, standards, and best practices for:
• high availability
• disaster recovery
• backup and recovery
• patching and upgrades
• monitoring and observability
• capacity planning
• performance tuning
• database security and hardening
• Provide technical leadership for major database initiatives, including platform upgrades, migrations, consolidation, modernization, and decommissioning.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, hosting, storage, network, and cybersecurity teams to ensure end-to-end solution integrity and operational supportability.
• Lead performance analysis across database engines, operating systems, storage layers, and application interactions to identify bottlenecks and improve reliability.
• Oversee root cause analysis and corrective actions for major incidents, recurring issues, and platform risks.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, engineering patterns, operational runbooks, recovery procedures, and technical standards.
• Drive automation and standardization to improve consistency, reduce manual effort, and strengthen platform operations.
• Review solution designs and application onboarding requests to ensure alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term supportability.
• Mentor engineers and administrators and serve as a senior point of escalation for complex technical issues.
• Contribute to strategic roadmap development, technical debt reduction, risk mitigation, and cost optimization across the database service portfolio.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum 4 years of professional experience OR Associate’s degree with minimum 7 years OR High School Diploma with minimum 9 years of professional experience
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in database architecture, database engineering, or enterprise database administration.
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience
• Able to obtain and maintain active US DoD “Secret” Security Clearance
• Eligibility requirements: This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens

Demonstrated advanced hands-on experience with both

Oracle Database

Microsoft SQL Server

Experience architecting and supporting on-premises database environments in large, complex enterprise settings.

Strong expertise in

• database architecture and platform design
• high availability and disaster recovery
• backup, restore, and recovery strategies
• database performance tuning and optimization
• database security, auditing, and access control
• patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management
• monitoring and operational support