Salesforce Data Migration Architect | Azure ADF Lead

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

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.