Solutions Architect

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Texas Instruments is looking for an experienced Database Solutions Architect to join our team. The Application Database & Middleware Architect will establish and govern database and database-facing middleware architecture across the manufacturing application portfolio, including MES, Test Solutions, Scheduling and Simulation, AI/ML, and other plant applications.

The role will provide technical leadership across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Sybase, while driving adoption of modern database, integration and data movement technologies. This is an application-side architecture role. It is responsible for database design, application performance, middleware connectivity, resilience patterns, standards and modernization.

Responsibilities include:

• Define and govern database and database-middleware architecture across MES, Test Solutions, Scheduling and Simulation, AI/ML and other manufacturing applications.

• Establish standards for data modelling, schema design, SQL development, indexing, partitioning, transaction management and data retention.

• Deep expertise in at least two of Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Sybase.

• Provide technical leadership across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Sybase.

• Lead application and database performance optimisation, including query tuning, execution-plan analysis, locking, deadlocks and connection management.

• Define resilient application patterns for connection pooling, retries, failover, replication, change data capture and data synchronisation.

• Review database designs for new applications, major releases, integrations and multi-site deployments.

• Drive database modernisation, platform migrations, legacy-system rationalisation and adoption of appropriate modern database technologies.