Cloud Database Migration Engineer, Google Cloud

$118,000 - $174,000/Yr

Google - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

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About the position

As a Cloud Database Migration Engineer at Google Cloud, you will play a crucial role in guiding customers through the migration of their transactional or NoSQL database systems to the Google Cloud Platform. This position involves working closely with clients to understand their technical requirements, assisting in the design and planning of migration processes, and troubleshooting any issues that arise. You will also be responsible for educating customers through workshops and delivering solutions on-site, while collaborating with product teams to enhance Google Cloud offerings.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers and solve complex database migration issues.
• Create and deliver best practice recommendations, tutorials, blog articles, sample code, and technical presentations, tailoring approach and messaging to varied levels of business and technical stakeholders.
• Analyze on-premises and cloud database environments and consult on the optimal design for performance and deployment on Google Cloud Platform.
• Travel regularly up to 30% of the time, in-region for meetings, technical reviews, and onsite delivery activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with Oracle databases and technologies (e.g., Oracle RAC, Exadata, OCI, GoldenGate, Active Data Guard, Autonomous Databases, Oracle Applications).
• Experience with full stack application development and experience writing software in Java, C#, C++, Python, Go, or JavaScript.
• Experience with database administration techniques or data engineering.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with homogeneous and heterogeneous PostgreSQL migration.
• Experience with Oracle database performance tuning and database management tools for backups, recovery, snapshot management, and partitioning.
• Experience with Oracle migration strategies and moving large-scale production systems either in on-premise/data center environments or migration to cloud.
• Experience with NoSQL databases, Migration, data modeling, performance tuning, and administration (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, Bigtable).
• Knowledge of query tuning (e.g., isolating blocks of poor performing SQL, determining root cause, and developing remediation actions).
• Knowledge of disaster recovery and high availability strategies.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities