Customer Engineering, Database Management Specialist, Google Cloud
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in technical sales.
- Experience working in an enterprise business and database engineering role with database technologies, PL/SQL development, administration and management tools, database performance tuning techniques, troubleshooting, PostgreSQL data migrations, delivering technical presentations, and live demonstrations of database products.
- Experience working with multiple database technologies - MongoDB, MariaDB, Cassandra, PostGreSQL, Redis, Oracle, SQL Server etc.
- Experience with cloud-based database architectures and deployments (e.g., GCP, etc.), and distributed or big data technologies.
- Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience leading Oracle/DB2 to PostgreSQL migrations with zero-downtime strategies.
- Experience optimizing database performance for transactional and analytic workloads.
- Experience developing disaster recovery and data backup strategies.
- Experience with cloud-based database architectures and deployments.
- Knowledge of DevOps principles, database automation, and regression testing.
- Proficient in SQL, deep query troubleshooting, and schema conversion tools.
About the job
The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Responsibilities
- Be a subject matter expert in Google Cloud databases such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Cloud Spanner, and Cloud Bigtable. Guide customers in selecting the right database solutions based on their needs.
- Lead discovery workshops to assess application environments, identify workloads, and define goals for migration to Google Cloud databases. Provide insights to optimize database performance and scalability.
- Support customers by conducting product briefings, proof-of-concept work, and technical integrations. Demonstrate Google Cloud products in real-world use cases.
- Design target architectures and database migration strategies, minimizing effort, risk, and downtime. Share best practices to promote GCP database adoption across teams.
- Identify business opportunities, resolve technical blockers, and collaborate with stakeholders. Travel to customer sites, conferences, and industry events as needed to advocate for Google Cloud database solutions and drive adoption.
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