What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Database Migration Consultant position at Pragra?
Job Details
Position: Cloud Database Migration Consultant
Location: Dearborn, MI (1 day per week)
Duration: 12 months
W2 Role only
Job Description:
- Develop and operationalize enterprise database migration solutions using Google Cloud Platform native such as Database Migration Service, one or more third-party resources such as Striim, iSpirer and others
- Automate database migration processes to achieve best migration performance
- Participate in conducting full technical discovery, identifying pain points, business, and technical requirements, proof-of-concept testing of new migration solutions
- Assist in designing Cloud architectures to migrate large-scale enterprise data sets from on premise or other clouds to Google Cloud Platform
- Assist application team to implement off-the-shelf migration tools or develop custom migration solutions.
- Provide migration strategy and best practice guidance to enterprise customers
- Troubleshoot issues during and post database migration in collaboration with application teams
Skills Required:
- Hands-on knowledge of relational and non-relational database concepts, architecture, and standards
- In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud database technologies like CloudSQL, Redis, BigTable, etc.
- Proficient in programming languages: SQL, Unix shell script, Powershell, Terraform, GO, Python, etc
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Skills Preferred:
- Good understanding of Agile development methodologies
- Capability to present complex database issues to senior IT and non-IT management
- Experience Required:
- 8 years overall IT experience
- 5 years of experience in on-prem and Cloud native database design and administration
- Experience in creating solution for large data integration/migration
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform Databases (SQL, Spanner, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cloud Bigtable, Firestore, Memorystore, Redis, etc.)
- Experience in developing automation solutions, i.e. Terraform
- Experience in managing and deploying applications in Google Cloud Platform using Terraform, CI/CD pipeline (Tekton, Jenkins, etc).
- Self-starter and problem-solver
Experience Preferred:
- Experience in Google Cloud Platform services i.e. CloudRun, Pubsub, Dataflow, etc.
- Knowledge of industry technology standards, network, and security frameworks/tools
Education Required:
- Bachelor s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field
Education Preferred:
- Cloud Engineer training/certification
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