Lead/Principal Data Migration Architect
Summary
Lead the modernization of large-scale Oracle database platforms, designing migration strategies, ensuring data integrity, and minimizing downtime for a critical enterprise transformation.
About the Role
We are seeking a Lead / Principal Database Migration Architect to lead the modernisation of mission-critical enterprise database platforms as part of a large-scale transformation programme.
You will define the end-to-end migration strategy for complex Oracle environments, ensuring data integrity, high availability, and minimal business disruption while establishing a scalable foundation for future platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and lead the end-to-end database migration strategy for a large-scale platform transformation.
- Analyse legacy Oracle databases, schemas, and business logic to design modern target architectures.
- Lead migration planning for Oracle RAC environments, including cutover, rollback, and validation strategies.
- Design and implement data migration, ETL/ELT, validation, and reconciliation frameworks.
- Ensure data quality, performance, security, and operational resilience throughout the migration lifecycle.
- Partner with architecture, engineering, and business teams to deliver successful platform migration.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise database architecture, database modernisation, or large-scale data migration.
- Deep expertise with Oracle Database, including Oracle RAC in production environments.
- Strong knowledge of Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM, RMAN, SQL optimisation, and database performance tuning.
- Experience migrating large-scale Oracle transactional databases to modern database platforms.
- Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT, data validation, reconciliation, and Change Data Capture (CDC) technologies.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, or similar cloud database platforms is advantageous.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience with Oracle Exadata.
- Experience delivering zero- or near-zero-downtime database migrations.
- Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and event-driven platforms.
- Oracle certifications (OCP/OCM) are a plus.
For more information you can contact Norean Tan at norean.tan@sanderson-ikas.sg
We regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be notified / contacted.
EA Registration No.: R1434118 - Tan Lee Ying, Norean
iKas International (Asia) Pte Ltd
ROC No.: 200914065E | EA License No.: 16S8086