Senior Database Architect

Data Team • Remote • Full-time • 15+ years

Overview

Senior Database Architect with 15+ years of experience and strong hands-on expertise in database migration from on-premises environments to Azure Cloud across multiple platforms.The role is heavily focused on: Database architecture, Migration strategy, Performance tuning, Modernization, Azure ecosystem alignment and DevOps practices

Required Skills

• Data Migration from the On-Prem to Cloud
• MS SQL Database, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB
• Capacity Planning and Scaling
• Define HA/DR architecture, backup, and recovery strategies
• Ensure zero/low downtime migrations with data validation and reconciliation
• Handle schema conversion, dependency analysis, and compatibility fixes
• Optimize migrated systems for performance, scalability, and cost
• Resolve critical issues related to performance degradation, system instability, resource utilization
• Hands-on migration execution (not just design)
• Ability to handle complex, multi-platform database migrations
• Strong troubleshooting and production support mindset
• Collaboration across: Architecture, DevOps, Application teams
• Proven track record of enterprise-scale migrations and modernization programs

Preferred Skills

• Build and support ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory
• Self-hosted Integration Runtime (SHIR)
• SSIS Integration Runtime (legacy migration)
• Work with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning
• Cloud-native integration patterns
• Multi-Cloud knowledge like Azure/AWS/GCP
• GitHub Actions / CI-CD pipeline