Salesforce - Data Migration Architect

Cognizant; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Salesforce Data Migration Architect for a high-impact, large-scale transformation in the UAE. You will own the end-to-end migration architecture, define strategies, and govern data moves across terabytes of enterprise data. Collaboration with Salesforce architects and Azure teams is essential.

The role emphasizes scalable design, data quality, cutover planning, and robust governance to ensure secure, compliant migrations and optimized performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in large-scale Salesforce data migrations and program governance.
• Deep knowledge of Salesforce platform and architecture, with integration patterns.
• Strong Azure Data Factory design, data lake/storage concepts and performance tuning.
• Experience with data governance, quality, cleansing, reconciliation and mapping.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cutover planning and risk mitigation across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide Salesforce data migration architecture for large programs.
• Design scalable migration solutions using Azure Data Factory and Salesforce APIs.
• Define source-to-target data mapping strategies and governance frameworks.
• Architect high-volume bulk migration mechanisms into Salesforce.
• Lead data quality, cleansing, reconciliation and ETL/ELT design efforts.
• Plan migration waves, cutover, and governance while ensuring security/compliance.
• Collaborate with Salesforce architects, business teams, and Azure Platform teams.
• Drive performance optimization for terabytes of data and multi-region loads.

Skills

Salesforce Architecture

Salesforce Objects

Salesforce Data Architecture

Salesforce Bulk API

Azure Data Factory

Data Migration

Data Governance

ETL/ELT Design

Cutover Planning

Tools

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure SQL

Synapse

Job description

Role Summary

The Salesforce Data Migration Architect will own the end-to-end migration architecture for a large-scale Salesforce transformation program involving terabytes of enterprise data. The role is responsible for defining migration strategies, Azure Data Factory architecture, Salesforce integration patterns, data governance standards, performance optimization, cutover planning, and overall migration governance.

Role Summary

The Salesforce Data Migration Architect will own the end-to-end migration architecture for a large-scale Salesforce transformation program involving terabytes of enterprise data. The role is responsible for defining migration strategies, Azure Data Factory architecture, Salesforce integration patterns, data governance standards, performance optimization, cutover planning, and overall migration governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide Salesforce data migration architecture.
• Design scalable migration solutions using Azure Data Factory.
• Define source-to-target data mapping strategy.
• Architect high-volume bulk migration mechanisms into Salesforce.
• Design data quality, cleansing, and reconciliation frameworks.
• Define migration waves and cutover strategy.
• Establish migration governance and best practices.
• Drive performance optimization for multi-terabyte datasets.
• Review Salesforce object model and migration dependencies.
• Collaborate with Salesforce Architects, Business Teams, and Azure Platform teams.
• Lead migration risk assessment and mitigation planning.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and audit requirements.

Mandatory Skills

Salesforce

• Strong understanding of Salesforce platform architecture.
• Experience with Standard and Custom Objects.
• Knowledge of Salesforce Data Architecture.
• Salesforce Bulk API and Integration Patterns.
• Experience in Salesforce Transformation Programs.

Azure

• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Azure SQL / Synapse
• Monitoring and performance tuning of ADF pipelines

Data Migration

• Large-scale data migration experience (>1 TB preferred)
• Data reconciliation
• Data quality management
• ETL/ELT design
• Migration cutover management

Experience

• 12+ years overall IT experience
• 5+ years Salesforce programs
• 5+ years Azure Data Engineering/Data Migration
• At least 2 large-scale Salesforce migration programs

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