Senior Data Architect: Spanner Migration on Google Cloud

66degrees; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

66degrees seeks a Data Architect to guide migrations to Google Cloud, translating business needs into scalable database solutions. You will design architecture on Google Cloud, plan migration paths for data, objects, and security, and perform data transfers with native and third-party tools.

You will engage customers with education workshops, architectural recommendations, and technology reviews to ensure successful cloud transitions and optimized performance.

Qualifications

• 5 years of overall database management and IT experience.
• 2+ years of Google Cloud experience.
• Experience migrating and/or implementing cloud native databases like Spanner.
• Experience performing performance testing and remediations.
• Experience migrating databases like MySQL, Postgres, and Oracle to Cloud SQL.
• Experience in defining the technical architecture on Google Cloud.
• Experience in designing data models in Spanner.
• Experience with CockroachDB is a nice to have.
• Advanced SQL skills and ability to write, tune, and interpret queries.
• Google Cloud Professional Architect and/or Data Engineer Certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate, guide, and influence the client and teams towards an effective architectural pattern and becoming an interface between business leadership, technology leadership and the delivery teams.
• Designing of solution architecture on Google Cloud.
• Design a migration path that accounts for the conversion of: Database objects, Data, Data Pipelines, Orchestration, Users and Security.
• Perform migration activities including: Translation of DDL, Stored Procedures, and Queries; Executing data transfers using native Google Cloud and 3rd party tools; Setup and configuration of relative Google Cloud components.
• Engage with customer teams as a Google Cloud expert to provide: Education Workshops; Architectural Recommendations; Technology reviews and recommendations.

Skills

Database management

Google Cloud

SQL proficiency

Data modeling

Migration & ETL

Performance tuning

GCP Certification

Education

Google Cloud Certification

Tools

CockroachDB

Job description

66degrees seeks a Data Architect to guide migrations to Google Cloud, translating business needs into scalable database solutions. You will design architecture on Google Cloud, plan migration paths for data, objects, and security, and perform data transfers with native and third-party tools.

You will engage customers with education workshops, architectural recommendations, and technology reviews to ensure successful cloud transitions and optimized performance.