Job Title - Database Migration Engineer
Location: Charlotte NC
About this Role
The Senior Database Migration Engineer will be responsible for end-to-end planning, preparation, execution, cutover, and post-migration handover of Oracle, Exadata, and Microsoft SQL Server databases as part of a structured, wave-based datacentre or platform migration program.
The role demands strong expertise in enterprise database platforms, automation-driven migrations, governance-led execution, and close coordination with application, middleware, and infrastructure teams in a regulated BFS environment.
Exp: 8+
In this Role, You Will:
Planning & Assessment
- Develop the overall database migration strategy, sequencing, and wave plan
- Validate source and target platform readiness for Exadata and SQL Server VM environments
- Perform database discovery, dependency mapping, and classification for migration sequencing
- Conduct compatibility checks covering database versions, patch levels, character sets, storage layouts, and connectivity
- Identify migration tooling and automation requirements, including AMA readiness
- Prepare migration workflows and cutover approaches aligned to *****SOPs, runbooks, and governance
Migration Preparation
- Perform pre-migration technical checks for Oracle and SQL-Server environments
- Validate and coordinate target environment readiness (DB servers, ASM/storage, clusters, network reachability, RBAC)
- Plan and schedule migration waves with application and infrastructure teams
- Configure replication, data movement, or export/import workflows per approved approach
- Ensure automation jobs and scripts are tested and governance-compliant
- Stage scripts, job templates, and automation artifacts for migration execution
Migration Execution
- Build and configure databases on target platforms
- Execute database replication, data copy, or migration jobs using AMA or equivalent tools
- Perform backup of source databases prior to migration
- Monitor data transfer, replication health, and execution status
- Resolve migration-related errors impacting synchronization or readiness
- Maintain real-time migration tracking and reporting
- Coordinate with storage, compute, and network teams during execution
Cutover Activities
- Execute controlled cutover during approved freeze windows
- Perform final sync, switchover, role transition, and database activation
- Conduct post-activation checks (listener, connectivity, instance health)
- Validate application-to-database connectivity
- Update migration trackers, wave dashboards, and cutover logs
- Coordinate with application teams for functional validation and acceptance
Post-Migration Handover & Decommissioning
- Perform post-migration verification, including performance baseline and data consistency checks
- Support hypercare and stabilization, addressing migration exceptions
- Assist with application reconnection and downstream validation
- Document migration outcomes and final signoff
- Execute source shutdown, cleanup, and decommissioning per ***-approved process
- Handover updated configurations, documentation, and final migration reports to operations
