Database Architect

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Designation: Database Architect

Experience Level: 10+ Years

Location: Mumbai/Bangalore/Trivandrum

Role & Responsibilities:

- Work in tandem with the sales team to engage potential clients, comprehensively understanding their

database infrastructure, challenges, and migration requirements.
- Design and implement scalable data architecture solutions that support business objectives and enhance decision-making capabilities
- Lead the development/delivery of data models, ETL processes, and data integration solutions
- Develop robust and tailored database migration strategies, considering factors such as database types, volumes, structures, and client-specific needs.
- Analyze client database landscapes to identify migration challenges, risks, and opportunities, translating these into technical specifications and migration plans.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of proposed migration solutions with technical capabilities and product roadmaps.
- Prepare comprehensive technical documentation, migration plans, and proposals, articulating migration strategies, methodologies, and expected outcomes clearly.
- Stay abreast of the latest trends, tools, and best practices in database migration, ensuring the proposed solutions incorporate cutting-edge methodologies and technologies.
- Gather feedback from sales teams and clients to refine migration solution offerings, contributing to the enhancement of best practices and service quality.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior architects and engineers.
- Engage with stakeholders to communicate architecture decisions and their impact on business processes.

Qualification & Skills Required:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Extensive experience in a role involving database migrations, solution architecture, or consulting within the data management domain.
- Profound knowledge of various database systems, migration tools, methodologies, and best practices in migrating data across different platforms (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.).
- Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively convey technical concepts and migration strategies to diverse audiences.
- Experience in leading and delivering cloud migration projects, creating project plans, guiding engineers and developing onboarding plans

Cloud Data Services Proficiency:

- Cloud Platforms: Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or others, with a deep understanding of their respective data services (AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud

SQL, etc.).
- Data Storage: Comprehensive knowledge of various cloud-based storage options (object storage, block storage) and their optimal usage for different types of data.
- Big Data Services: Familiarity with cloud-based big data services like AWS EMR, Azure HDInsight, Google Cloud Dataproc, etc., and their integration into migration strategies.
- Data Warehousing: Proficiency in cloud-based data warehousing solutions (AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse Analytics, Google BigQuery) and their capabilities for handling large-scale data.
- Performance Optimization: Proficiency in optimizing data migration performance on cloud platforms by leveraging features like parallel processing, data compression, and tuning.
- Security and Compliance: Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards related to data migration, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality during migration.
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Capability to implement monitoring mechanisms and troubleshoot issues during migration, minimizing risks and ensuring a smooth transition.
- Cost Optimization: Familiarity with cost-effective strategies for data migration on cloud platforms, optimizing resource utilization and minimizing expenses.
- Post-Migration Validation: Ability to conduct thorough validation and testing post-migration to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compatibility with target systems.

Cross-Platform Migration Experience:

- Proven experience in migrating data between different database management systems (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) on different platforms [Cloud/ On Premise]

Continual Learning and Adaptability:

- A strong inclination toward continual learning and adaptation to evolving cloud technologies, tools, and migration methodologies.

Certifications:

- Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified Database - Specialty, Azure Database

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