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Primary Responsibilities • Lead database migration activities for SQL Server and other database platforms as part of a large-scale data center migration to AWS. • Review and validate database discovery outputs, dependencies, clustering configurations, replication requirements, and migration readiness assessments. • Define and execute database migration strategies, including rehost migrations to AWS EC2 and migrations to Amazon RDS where appropriate. • Perform database compatibility assessments across SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other supported database platforms. • Establish and validate database replication, synchronization, backup, and recovery mechanisms using native tools and AWS migration services. • Develop database migration runbooks, cutover procedures, rollback plans, and validation checklists for migration waves. • Execute database migration testing, dry-run failovers, and production cutovers in accordance with approved migration plans. • Validate database integrity, application connectivity, transaction consistency, and performance following migration activities. • Serve as the primary database escalation point during migration and cutover events, troubleshooting replication, performance, connectivity, and configuration issues. • Coordinate closely with client application teams, infrastructure teams, cloud architects, and migration resources to ensure successful migration execution. • Support licensing compliance reviews, BYOL (Bring Your Own License) considerations, and database operational readiness activities. • Participate in hypercare support, post-migration stabilization, and operational handoff activities. Secondary Responsibilities • Validate database readiness for each migration wave, including capacity planning, replication health, backup validation, and recovery testing. • Support migration factory operations by providing database-specific guidance during wave planning and migration execution. • Collaborate with application teams to identify database dependencies and support end-to-end migration testing activities. • Optimize database performance and recommend remediation activities for migrated workloads running in AWS. • Assist in implementing monitoring, alerting, backup, and operational support processes for migrated databases. • Maintain migration documentation, database inventories, runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge repositories. • Support automation initiatives related to database provisioning, migration, validation, and operational processes. • Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and governance requirements throughout migration execution. • Facilitate knowledge transfer and transition of migrated databases to operations and managed services teams. Required Skills & Experience • Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server (primary skill) • Working knowledge of Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Amazon RDS platforms • Experience supporting large-scale data center, VMware, and cloud migration programs • Expertise in SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances (FCI), Replication, Log Shipping, Backup & Recovery • Experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, CloudWatch, and migration tooling • Strong database performance tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization skills • Experience supporting production cutovers and wave-based migration execution models • Familiarity with high-availability, disaster recovery, and failover architectures • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills • AWS and/or database certifications preferred • Experience working in regulated or highly governed environments is a plus

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Must-haves

Lead database migration activities for SQL Server and other database platforms as part of a large-scale data center migration to AWS.
Review and validate database discovery outputs, dependencies, clustering configurations, replication requirements, and migration readiness assessments.
Define and execute database migration strategies, including rehost migrations to AWS EC2 and migrations to Amazon RDS where appropriate.
Perform database compatibility assessments across SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other supported database platforms.
Establish and validate database replication, synchronization, backup, and recovery mechanisms using native tools and AWS migration services.
Develop database migration runbooks, cutover procedures, rollback plans, and validation checklists for migration waves.
Execute database migration testing, dry-run failovers, and production cutovers in accordance with approved migration plans.
Validate database integrity, application connectivity, transaction consistency, and performance following migration activities.
Serve as the primary database escalation point during migration and cutover events, troubleshooting replication, performance, connectivity, and configuration issues.
Coordinate closely with client application teams, infrastructure teams, cloud architects, and migration resources to ensure successful migration execution.
Support licensing compliance reviews, BYOL (Bring Your Own License) considerations, and database operational readiness activities.
Participate in hypercare support, post-migration stabilization, and operational handoff activities.
Secondary Responsibilities
Validate database readiness for each migration wave, including capacity planning, replication health, backup validation, and recovery testing.
Support migration factory operations by providing database-specific guidance during wave planning and migration execution.
Collaborate with application teams to identify database dependencies and support end-to-end migration testing activities.
Optimize database performance and recommend remediation activities for migrated workloads running in AWS.
Assist in implementing monitoring, alerting, backup, and operational support processes for migrated databases.
Maintain migration documentation, database inventories, runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge repositories.
Support automation initiatives related to database provisioning, migration, validation, and operational processes.
Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and governance requirements throughout migration execution.
Facilitate knowledge transfer and transition of migrated databases to operations and managed services teams.

Nice-to-haves

AWS and/or database certifications preferred
Experience working in regulated or highly governed environments is a plus

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