Senior Data Engineer (Migration / NoSQL / SQL)

NorthBay Solutions; Islamabad; Hybrid; PKR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to manage complex migration projects and database management. The ideal candidate will collaborate on database migrations across various platforms, utilize AWS tools, and ensure data integrity. This role offers a competitive salary of PKR 350K, fuel expense reimbursement, paid holidays, and health insurance.

Benefits

Competitive salary (up to PKR 350K)

Fuel expense reimbursement

Paid holidays and vacation

Medical outpatient reimbursement & health insurance

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Up to 3 years of relevant experience in database deployment, management, or migration.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DocumentDB, MySQL, or Oracle.
• Experience using AWS Database Migration Services (AWS DMS) for data migration projects.

Responsibilities

• Support and execute database migration initiatives across multiple database platforms.
• Collaborate with technical leads to ensure successful database migrations.
• Develop and maintain data validation plans and migration scripts.

Skills

Database management

Data engineering

AWS Database Migration Services

OLTP and OLAP workloads

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

MySQL

DocumentDB

Data validation

ETL/ELT pipelines

Job description

Position: Senior Data Engineer (Migration / NoSQL / SQL)

Location: Lahore / Islamabad / Karachi (Hybrid)
Experience: Up to 3 Years of Relevant Experience
Salary: Up to PKR 350,000
Company: NorthBay Solutions

About the Role: NorthBay is looking for a Senior Data Engineer with a strong passion for database management, data engineering, and migration projects. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of database systems, data migration frameworks, and AWS cloud data services. This role involves working on complex migration projects across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DocumentDB, MySQL, and Oracle databases using AWS Database Migration Services (AWS DMS) and other modern data tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support and execute database migration initiatives across multiple database platforms and AWS environments.
• Collaborate with technical leads to ensure successful, secure, and validated database migrations.
• Develop and maintain data validation plans, migration scripts, and testing frameworks.
• Work closely with application teams to ensure business continuity, performance, and SLAs are maintained during migration.
• Perform database performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Contribute to database design, replication, clustering, backup/recovery, and CDC (Change Data Capture) strategies.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of OLTP and OLAP workloads and migration best practices.

Requirements:

• Up to 3 years of relevant experience in database deployment, management, or migration.
• Hands‑on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DocumentDB, MySQL, or Oracle.
• Experience using AWS Database Migration Services (AWS DMS) for data migration projects.
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases and DocumentDB is a plus.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines, data engineering, and data flow orchestration.
• Familiarity with backup/recovery, replication, and clustering concepts.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary (up to PKR 350K)
• Fuel expense reimbursement
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Medical outpatient reimbursement & health insurance
• Opportunity to work in a highly collaborative, AWS‑focused environment on impactful migration projects