Senior Lead Cloud Database Architect (MSSQL Focus) (RapidScale)

Cox Communications; United States; Remote; USD 144,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Lead Cloud Database Architect, where you will play a pivotal role in transforming data management practices. You'll work with a talented team to help clients migrate to cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP, focusing on innovative database solutions. This role offers the chance to tackle complex data challenges, design efficient data lakes, and enhance performance through modern technology. With a commitment to work-life balance and a range of outstanding benefits, this opportunity is perfect for tech enthusiasts eager to make a significant impact.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Paid wellness days

Health care insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Paid time off for volunteering

Bereavement leave

Jury duty leave

Military leave

Paid holidays

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience in database administration and architecture.
• 3 years of public cloud experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• Hands-on experience with ETL tools and data migration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to solve data challenges and optimize performance.
• Plan and execute data migrations as part of cloud efforts.
• Design and implement data lakes and ETL pipelines.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

Database Administration

AWS

Azure

ETL Tools

Data Migration

Infrastructure-as-Code

SQL Server

Education

BA/BS Degree

MS Degree

Ph.D.

Tools

AWS Database Migration Services

Azure Migrate

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Company

Cox Communications, Inc.

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Lead Cloud Architect

Management Level

Sr Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Can work remotely anywhere in the specified country

Travel %

Yes, 15% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $144,900.00 - $241,500.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

At RapidScale, exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. As a growing leader in secure, reliable managed cloud solutions, we help SMBs and enterprises alike simplify IT and unleash innovation. With a broad portfolio spanning AWS, Azure and Google to a full set of Private Cloud and Cybersecurity solutions, RapidScale helps companies turn technology into their biggest competitive advantage. As part of the Cox family of companies, we offer best-in-class benefits, a commitment to work-life balance, and an award-winning workplace experience.

We are seeking a Senior Lead Cloud Database Architect to join our team and work with an experienced professional services team to help customers migrate to and operate in the Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a primary focus on data and databases.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate closely with colleagues and customers to solve data challenges.

• Assess and remediate sizing/performance/configuration issues

• Plan and execute data migrations, alone or as part of larger cloud migration efforts

• Modernize database platforms (MSSQL/Oracle->PgSQL/Aurora)

• Design and implement data lakes and ETL pipelines

• Provide consulting guidance to customers and prospects, assist colleagues with the planning and writing of Statements of Work.

Who You Are:

You’re passionate about technology and the plethora of options the public cloud offers. You enjoy helping customers solve existing problems while identifying and remediating new problems. You also have the following:

Minimum:

• A BA/BS Degree with 8 years of relevant experience (i.e. diverse database administration and architecture). The right candidate could also have a MS degree with 6 years of relevant overall experience, or a Ph.D and 3 years of experience, or 12 years of overall relevant experience without a college degree

• 3 years of relevant public cloud experience

• Specialty/Intermediate level AWS and/or Azure cloud data certification (AWS Database Specialty, DP-100, DP-203, DP-300, DP-500)

• Expert level familiarity and hands on experience with MS SQL Server and one additional platform such as Oracle, PostgreSQL MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB/CosmosDB, etc., both on-prem and in the cloud (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, etc.)

• Hands-on experience using ETL tools to get data into and out of databases and data warehouses/data lakes.

• Intermediate level experience with one or more Infrastructure-as-Code implementations (ARM, CloudFormation, Terraform)

• Familiarity with Identity and Access models in on-prem (Active Directory), public cloud (AWS IAM, Azure AD), and in-schema.

• Hands-on experience running migration tools, including but not limited to: backup/restore, log shipping/mirroring, Always On Availability Groups, AWS Database Migration Services, Schema Conversion tool, Azure Migrate, Azure Data Migration Assistant, AWS Glue.

Preferred Experience:

• Professional/Expert level Cloud Architecture certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AZ-305)

• Intermediate to expert level familiarity with a commercial analytics or data warehousing platform such as Databricks, Snowflake, RedShift, Azure DataLake

• Experience with AI/ML applications and pipelines

• Industry knowledge in any of the following verticals is highly desired:

  • Healthcare/HealthTech

  • Financial Services/FinTech

  • SaaS

  • E-Commerce

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Us

Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that’s true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we’re creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
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