Senior Data Engineer (Migration / NoSQL / SQL)

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

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Karachi, Lahore, or Islamabad. The ideal candidate will manage database migrations across various platforms like PostgreSQL and MongoDB, utilizing AWS tools. Responsibilities include ensuring successful migrations, developing testing frameworks, and optimizing performance. This role offers a competitive salary up to PKR 350K, along with benefits like health insurance and paid holidays.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Fuel expense reimbursement

Paid holidays and vacation

Medical outpatient reimbursement

Health insurance

Collaborative AWS-focused environment

Qualifications

• Up to 3 years of relevant experience in database deployment, management, or migration.
• Hands-on experience with multiple database platforms.
• Experience using AWS Database Migration Services for data migration projects.

Responsibilities

• Support and execute database migration initiatives across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate with technical leads for successful, secure, and validated migrations.
• Develop and maintain data validation plans, migration scripts, and testing frameworks.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

DocumentDB

MySQL

Oracle

AWS Database Migration Services

ETL/ELT

Data engineering

Data flow orchestration

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