CAPABILITY CARD · Technology

The Database Architects capability card.

One link that proves what you do — the work, the tools, the market, and the path to better contracts.

There are 67,140 database architects in the U.S. The ones who win the work a buyer actually budgets for don't hand over a flat PDF — they send a living capability card. Built and maintained by our New Jersey team.

67,140
working nationally
$139,500
Median / year
8
Core duties mapped
$33.4B
Federal market
Tools that signal you're current

The systems you actually run — on the record.

Listing the software and platforms you work with is a quiet credibility signal buyers notice. These are the hot and in-demand technologies O*NET associates with database architects (★ = flagged hot technology). Your card shows the ones that fit your shop.

Adobe Acrobat ★AJAX ★Amazon DynamoDB ★Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 ★Amazon Redshift ★Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation ★Amazon Web Services AWS software ★Ansible software ★Apache Airflow ★Apache Cassandra ★Apache Hadoop ★Apache Hive ★
What your card proves

The work a buyer needs to see at a glance.

A client or contracting officer scanning ten database architects wants fast proof you actually do the work. These are the core duties O*NET ties to your field — your capability card turns them into scannable proof points instead of a wall of text.

Duty 01
Develop and document database architectures.
Duty 02
Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements.
Duty 03
Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements.
Duty 04
Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance, and reliability.
Duty 05
Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.
Duty 06
Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure.
Your expertise, named

The knowledge that makes the work credible.

These are the expertise areas O*NET ranks highest for database architects. On a capability card they read as depth — not buzzwords.

  • Computers and Electronics
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Design
  • Mathematics
  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
Where you stand

A real market — compete on proof, not price.

Nationally, 67,140 database architects earn a median of $139,500 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2024). In a market that size, the businesses that win the better work don't lead with the lowest number — they lead with a credible, current capability card. That's exactly what we build.

$139,500
Median pay / year
$67
Median / hour
67,140
Working nationally
The government-contracting edge

Where the steady budgets actually are.

Federal agencies obligated $33.4B in Computer Systems Design Services contracts in FY2024 (USAspending.gov). When a contracting officer or prime sizes up a small business, a living capability card — cert status, NAICS coverage, SAM registration, core offerings, all current — is exactly what they expect to see. We build yours to land in that lane.

Make yours

One link that does the proving for you.

The P4 Procurement Card is a live capability statement for credentialed small businesses — your work, tools, certs, and offerings on one always-current URL, with a downloadable PDF. $299 setup + $39/month. Premium (NFC + Wallet) and per-prospect Pitch cards too.

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