PENNYMAC Pennymac is (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market. At Pennymac, our people are the foundation of our success and at the heart of our dynamic work culture. Together, we work towards a unified goal of helping millions of Americans achieve aspirations of homeownership through the complete mortgage journey. A Typical Day Pennymac is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cloud Database Architect to design, implement, and manage our modern cloud data ecosystem. This is a pivotal role in shaping enterprise data strategy and ensuring performance, scalability, security, and automation across both cloud-native and hybrid platforms. You will work across cloud data warehouses, lakehouses, event streaming pipelines, NoSQL platforms, and SQL Server in the cloud, bringing deep expertise in automation, modern data architecture, and DataOps practices. This is a highly visible opportunity to influence Pennymac’s next-generation data strategy and enable high-impact business solutions. The Cloud Database Architect will: + Design and implement cloud-native data platforms leveraging AWS services, including data warehouses (Redshift, Snowflake) and lakehouses (Databricks, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg). + Define modern data architecture blueprints, incorporating multi-model strategies (SQL, NoSQL, streaming, unstructured) to support enterprise-scale analytics and applications. + Architect and deliver event streaming solutions using platforms such as Kafka, Kinesis, enabling real-time ingestion, enrichment, and downstream processing. + Architect, manage, and optimize SQL Server on AWS (RDS & EC2) with automation around high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and scaling. + Lead and execute SQL Server to PostgreSQL migration initiatives, ensuring minimal disruption, optimized performance, and cost-efficiency. + Implement advanced performance tuning, indexing, and workload management strategies across relational data platforms. + Architect and implement data replication and masking strategies using Delphix, with a strong emphasis on automated provisioning and configuration. + Provide replication, masking, and virtualization support for Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQLenvironments, ensuring security, compliance, and efficiency in non-production environments. + Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, OpenTofu, or AWS CDK for provisioning and managing data platforms. + Establish DataOps practices, including CI/CD for data pipelines, automated schema management, continuous testing, and monitoring. + Proactively identify opportunities for automation across database operations, including provisioning, patching, backups, monitoring, and performance tuning — with a strong focus on automating infrastructure deployment using Terraform or OpenTofu and automating performance analysis and optimization across all database types. + Build automation frameworks for provisioning, patching, performance optimization, HA/DR, compliance, and security operations. + Continuously monitor, analyze, and optimize performance across SQL, NoSQL, data warehouses, lakehouses, and streaming platforms. + Implement security best practices, including encryption, masking, key management, RBAC, and compliance with industry regulations. + Utilize observability tools (CloudWatch, OTEL, New Relic, or similar) to provide end-to-end monitoring, alerting, and self-healing automation. + Partner with engineering, InfoSec, and DevOps teams to design scalable, automated, cloud-native data solutions. + Define and publish standards, patterns, and reusable templates for enterprise data platforms. + Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other team members, promoting a culture of automation and best practices for managing diverse database environments, including Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and various NoSQL databases, with a strong emphasis on writing and optimizing efficient queries/data access patterns. What You’ll Bring + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field. Master's degree preferred. + Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Database Architect or in a similar role with 3+ years in cloud-native data platforms. + Minimum of 5 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including database design, administration, performance tuning, and high availability solutions, with a strong focus on automation and expert-level query optimization skills. + Proven experience with cloud-native data warehouses and lakehouses: AWS Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg. + Strong expertise in event streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, or MSK) for real-time pipelines. + Hands-on experience with NoSQL platforms such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, or Cassandra. + Deep expertise in SQL Server on AWS, including high availability, automation, migrations, and performance tuning. + Experience implementing Delphix-based replication, masking, and provisioning strategies across SQL Server and PostgreSQL. + Strong background in Python, PowerShell, AWS CLI, or equivalent programming languages for automation. + Proven hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, AWS CDK) for cloud data infrastructure provisioning. + Demonstrated success implementing CI/CD pipelines for database and data workloads using GitLab CI, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline. + Expert in query optimization, indexing, and schema design across SQL and NoSQL. + Solid understanding of cloud data security, governance, and compliance practices. + Experience with observability and monitoring frameworks to ensure resilient, self-healing data systems. + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. + Excellent written and verbal communication, able to influence senior stakeholders and mentor peers. + Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and highly visible environment. + Significant experience with PostgreSQL, including database design, administration, performance tuning, high availability, and replication, with a deep understanding of PostgreSQL-specific query optimization techniques. Why You Should Join As one of the top mortgage lenders in the country, Pennymac has helped over 4 million lifetime homeowners achieve and sustain their aspirations of home. Our vision is to be the most trusted partner for home. Together, 4,000 Pennymac team members across the country are guided by our core values: to be Accountable, Reliable and Ethical in all that we do. Pennymac is committed to conducting a business that makes positive contributions and promotes long-term sustainable growth and to fostering an equitable and inclusive environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Benefits That Bring It Home: Whether you're looking for flexible benefits for today, setting up short-term goals for tomorrow, or planning for long-term success and retirement, Pennymac's benefits have you covered. Some key benefits include: + Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision + Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, illness, and parental leave + Wellness Programs, Employee Recognition Programs, and onsite gyms and cafe style dining (select locations) + Retirement benefits, life insurance, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement + Philanthropy Programs including matching gifts, volunteer grants, charitable grants and corporate sponsorships + We value the hard work and dedication of our employees. In addition to a competitive salary, positions may offer bonus opportunities. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://pennymacnews.page.link/benefits Compensation: Individual salary may vary based on multiple factors including specific role, geographic location / market data, and skills and experience as defined below: + Lower in range - Building skills and experience in the role + Mid-range - Experience and skills align with proficiency in the role + Higher in range - Experience and skills add value above typical requirements of the role Some roles may be eligible for performance-based compensation and/or stock-based incentives awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. Salary $95,000 - $155,000 Work Model OFFICE