Remote Data Architect

Summary

Join a leading consulting and professional services company as a Data Architect, assisting customers in their journey to Google Cloud through design and implementation of migration strategies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Oracle database management and IT experience
• Experience with Oracle Database adjacent products like Golden Gate and Data Guard
• 3+ years of PostgreSQL experience
• 5+ years Consulting experience
• Proven experience in performing performance testing and applying remediations to address performance issues
• Experience in designing data models
• Advanced SQL skills, including the ability to write, tune, and interpret SQL queries; tool specific experience in the database platforms listed above is ideal
• Proven experience in migrating and or implementing cloud databases like Cloud SQL, Spanner, and Bigtable
• 2+ years of cloud experience; Google Cloud preferred
• Experience in defining technical architecture in cloud environments; Google Cloud preferred
• Google Cloud Professional Architect and or Data Engineer Certification is preferred
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related or equivalent work experience required

Responsibilities

• Facilitate, guide, and influence the client and teams towards an effective architectural pattern and becoming an interface between business leadership, technology leadership and the delivery teams
• Perform Migration Assessments and Produce Migration Plans that include Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Migration Architecture, Migration Timelines, Application Waves
• Designing of solution architecture on Google Cloud to support critical workloads
• Heterogenous Oracle Migrations to Postgres or Spanner
• Design a migration path that accounts for the conversion of: Application Dependencies, Database objects, Data, Data Pipelines, Orchestration, Users and Security
• Oversee migration activities and provide troubleshooting support including: Translation of DDL and DML, Executing data transfers using native Google Cloud and 3rd party tools, Setup and configuration of relative Google Cloud components
• Engage with customer teams as a Google Cloud expert to provide: Education Workshops, Architectural Recommendations, Technology reviews and recommendations