Consultant - Data Platform

India is among the top ten priority markets for General Mills, and hosts our Global Shared Services Centre. This is the Global Shared Services arm of General Mills Inc., which supports its operations worldwide. With over 1,300 employees in Mumbai, the center has capabilities in the areas of Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Digital and Technology, Sales Capabilities, Consumer Insights, ITQ (R&D & Quality), and Enterprise Business Services. Learning and capacity-building is a key ingredient of our success. Job Overview We are looking for MS SQL Server / Cloud database administrator (DBA) with Operations-oriented/DevOps skill sets to support Cloud/On Prem databases. This opportunity is in a fast-paced environment as we migrate and refactor enterprise scale databases from our on-premises datacentres to cloud environment. Desired Profile Education Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters Preferred Major Area of Study: Computers Experience Minimum years of related experience required: 7 Preferred years of related experience: 8 Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed 7+ years of overall experience on Data Platform (MS SQL) administration, design, build and maintain on premise and in the cloud. Responsibilities:

• Technical leadership for migrating existing MS SQL Server and No SQL Databases to Public Cloud.
• Migrating databases to GCP or any public cloud
• Development and ownership of migration processes, documentation, and tooling
• Expertly administer and manage mission-critical, complex, and high-volume Database Platforms in a 24/7 environment
• SQL Server administration, implementing best practices and resolving complex performance issues
• Setting up PostgreSQL, MySQL and NoSQL DBs (Mongo, Redis) its maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Adhere to cloud security standards or best practices to avoid security breaches and reduce system vulnerability.
• Support Oracle Databases
• Scripting and Automation
• Implementation and support of SQL Server replication, Always On and Failover Clustering.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with leading design, refactoring, or migration of databases in cloud Infrastructures and services for at least one of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google GCP (preferred)
• Experience maintaining and administering with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Maven, GitHub, Artifactory in a cloud environment and developing/writing scripts using advanced DevOps languages such as Python, PowerShell is a plus.
• Experience working with infrastructure as code such as Terraform or equivalent is a plus
• Experience with concepts, processes & tools required for cloud adoption including cloud security, governance and integration.
• Experience with SQL Server Always On and Windows clustering.
• Experience with agile techniques and methods.
• Familiarity with user expectations for cloud Databases (to be able to design user centric engineering services – e.g., provisioning self-service workflow)
• Working knowledge on DevOps, Agile development processes, exploration and POCs
• Works well collaboratively across functional team boundaries Desired Qualifications:
• Must have good understanding & hands-on experience of Linux OS and Windows Server (2012+).
• Experience working with high availability, disaster recovery, backup strategies and server tuning strategies including parameters, resources, contention, etc.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Candidate should be flexible, reliable, can take initiative, can deal with responsibility, and have a "can do" mentality.
• Guide team members & provide help to cross team members Competencies/Behaviors required for job Technical Competencies
• Participate in the technical/product road map for MS SQL platform and in the transformation process
• Deliver upgrade/migration projects
• Continuous support of, and collaboration with, other development teams and projects Leadership Competencies
• Continuous Improvement of team processes
• Monitoring Industry Trends
• Promote best practices,
• Regular communication to stake holders Automation Competencies
• Identify opportunities for automation specifically and opportunities for process improvement in general
• Providing end user self-service solutions
• Execute large automation projects
• Maintain standards, guidelines and artifacts for use in automation projects Troubleshooting competencies Troubleshoot complex problems impacting individual applications COMPANY OVERVIEW We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.