Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Job type: Full time/Permanent hiring

As a

DB2 & Cloud Migration Architect , you will serve as the principal technical authority driving the end-to-end modernization of our enterprise data tier. Operating with

10+ years of deep database engineering expertise , you will assess complex legacy on-premises IBM DB2 environments and design resilient, highly available target-state cloud architectures on AWS or Azure. This role bridges the gap between classic enterprise database infrastructure and contemporary, code-driven cloud automation.

Architecture Governance

Define, document, and enforce global IBM DB2 database architectures, engineering standards, and target cloud landing zones.

Environment Assessment

Conduct deep-dive technical evaluations of existing DB2 environments-analyzing schemas, stored procedures, execution performance, and application dependencies.

Resilience & HA/DR Design:

Architect zero-downtime, highly available database topologies covering HADR, advanced replication, stringent RPO/RTO parameters, and disaster recovery.

Performance Optimization

Lead advanced DB2 performance tuning, query/SQL execution optimization, capacity planning, and tier-3 database troubleshooting.

Cloud Migration Strategy

Design comprehensive source-to-target migration frameworks leveraging Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, and Modernize blueprints to transition DB2 workloads onto cloud engines (e.g., Azure SQL,



PostgreSQL, AWS RDS/Aurora, or cloud-hosted DB2).

Execution & Lifecycle Management:

Author comprehensive migration runbooks (covering sync, validation, cutover, rollback, and hypercare) and lead cross-functional DevOps, cloud, and security teams through production cutovers.

Database Automation

Infuse modern DevOps practices into data management by automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment pipelines using modern CI/CD tooling.

Required Technical Competencies

Experience

10+ years of dedicated database engineering and enterprise architecture experience with a primary focus on

IBM DB2 .

Cloud Modernization

Proven, hands-on track record migrating legacy database footprints to public cloud target environments ( AWS or Microsoft Azure ).

Target Architectures

High proficiency evaluating target cloud engines, including AWS RDS/Aurora, Azure SQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, or DB2 hosted directly on cloud VM infrastructures (IaaS).

HA/DR Mechanisms

Deep technical execution of

DB2 HADR , replication technologies, backup validation, and architectural alignment with strict enterprise RPO/RTO mandates.

Database Automation & CI/CD:

Hands-on experience developing infrastructure as code and automated data deployment workflows using tools such as

Terraform, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Ansible, PowerShell, or Python .

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