Senior Lead Cloud Database Architect |MSSQL Focus| | RapidScale

You will work with an experienced professional services team to help customers migrate to and operate in the Cloud (AWS and Azure), with a primary focus on data and databases
Collaborate closely with colleagues and customers to solve data challenges
Assess and remediate sizing/performance/configuration issues
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You will work with an experienced professional services team to help customers migrate to and operate in the Cloud (AWS and Azure), 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 overall experience, or 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
• 8+ years of diverse database administration and architecture experience, and a minimum of 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 with at least one of the following SQL Databases: PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle, both on-prem and in the cloud (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, etc.)
• Expert level familiarity with at least one of the following NoSQL Databases: MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Cassandra, CouchDB, Cosmos, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
• 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

What’s In It For You?     

Life comes at you fast sometimes. When it does, it’s good to be with a stable company like Cox that has amazing resources but maintains the friendliness of a startup. With our best-in-class benefits and award-winning employee culture, you won’t have to sweat the small stuff. Here’s a little peek at some ways we help:
• We’re on your side. Our pro-sales culture honors and respects what you and other salespeople contribute to our continuing success at Cox.
• We want our people to succeed, plain and simple. We’re all about professional development, continuing education and helping your career grow (often on our dime!).
• Our innovative culture provides us with a roadmap to keep ahead of the competition, and our excellent reputation with clients in our industries reflects that.
• At Cox, we foster a culture of integrity and fairness, which we generously recognize and reward. 
• We all have lives and responsibilities outside of work. We have an exceptional work/life balance at Cox, with accommodating work schedules and flexible time-off policies.                
• We show our appreciation for our talent with a competitive salary package and top-notch bonus & incentive plans.                
• How does a great healthcare benefits package from day one sound? Multiple options are available for individuals and families. One employee-only plan could be FREE, if you participate in our health screening program.
• At Cox, we believe in being transparent – please click on this link ( Cox Benefits Overview ) to learn more about our amazing healthcare benefits.
• 10 days of free child or senior care through your complimentary Care.com membership.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plans with up to 8% company match.             
• Looking to grow your family? You’ll have access to our inclusive parental leave policies, plus comprehensive fertility coverage and adoption assistance.               
• Want to volunteer in your community? We encourage that, and even offer paid hours to do so.               
• Employee discounts on hundreds of items, from cars to computers to continuing education.                 
• Free internet, premium cable and smart home automation in applicable markets.
• We all love our pets—whether they walk, crawl, fly, swim or slither—and we’re happy to supply insurance for them as well.    

With benefits as diverse as our employees, you’ll find a plethora of options, giving you the freedom to make the best choices for you and your family