Job Title - Cloud Database Migration Consultant Job Description

• Develop and operationalize enterprise database migration solutions using GCP native such as Database Migration Service, one or more third-party resources such as Striim, iSpirer, and others

• Automate database migration processes to achieve the best migration performance

• Participate in conducting full technical discovery, identifying pain points, business, and technical requirements, and proof-of-concept testing of new migration solutions

• Assist in designing Cloud architectures to migrate large-scale enterprise data sets from on-premise or other clouds to GCP

• Assist the application team to implement off-the-shelf migration tools or develop custom migration solutions.

• Provide migration strategy and best practice guidance to enterprise customers

• Troubleshoot issues during and post database migration in collaboration with application teams

Skills Required:

• Hands-on knowledge of relational and non-relational database concepts, architecture, and standards

• In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud database technologies like CloudSQL, Redis, BigTable, etc.

• Proficient in programming languages: SQL, Unix shell script, Powershell, Terraform, GO, Python, etc

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Skills Preferred:

• Good understanding of Agile development methodologies

• Capability to present complex database issues to senior IT and non-IT management

Experience Required:

• 8+ years overall IT experience

• 5+ years of experience in on-prem and Cloud native database design and administration

• Experience in creating solutions for large data integration/migration

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform Databases (SQL, Spanner, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cloud Bigtable, Firestore, Memorystore, Redis, etc.)

• Experience in developing automation solutions, i.e. Terraform

• Experience in managing and deploying applications in GCP using Terraform, CI/CD pipeline (Tekton, Jenkins, etc).

• Self-starter and problem-solver

Experience Preferred:

• Experience in Google Cloud Platform services i.e. CloudRun, Pubsub, Dataflow, etc.

• Knowledge of industry technology standards, network, and security frameworks/tools

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Education Preferred:

• Cloud Engineer training/certification