Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 8+ years of relevant experience in the area of SQL Server, Azure SQL, Oracle, Sybase.
Proven leadership experience in people management leading technical innovations.
Proven customer facing experience.
Enterprise-scale data migration experience from SQL/Oracle platforms, starting from project scoping to data/app migration and final certification and post-migration optimizations.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
Mainframe Db2 expertise
B igData , Snowflake or Microsoft Fabric
Responsibilities
Lead and manage a team of engineers or technical professionals, driving project planning, prioritization of work, and designing features.
Support, mentor, and help engineers grow, building an inclusive team environment.
Act as a liaison between different teams, both internal and external, ensuring clear communication and alignment of objectives . They build relationships, challenge others, and demonstrate the company's value proposition.
Promote and position yourself as a leading Oracle, OSS, SQL Server and Azure SQL Subject Matter Expert through engaging in PoCs , pilots and complex projects as well as driving performance tuning and optimization for acute troubleshooting scenarios.
Work closely with both generalist and specialist solution architects to mentor and evangelize Azure Data services as well as engage in engagements where engineering assistance is required for modernization projects.
Work with feature PMs and Software Engineers from other Azure Database teams to improve our products and services by finding and suggesting well-researched improvements and taking charge of driving these changes when needed.
Document and share learnings and technical best practices / insights within engineering as well as the wider architect community and contribute to key engineering activities such as telemetry, code and design specification reviews.
Advise on best practice architectures for data relevant solutions and execute quick technical feasibility and proposals for moving identified workloads to Azure Data Platform.
Ensure security is front and center of all architecture proposals and work as well as a cornerstone of all custom developed IPs and solutions.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.