Database Architect

Stout is the software consulting and staffing company Fueled by Human Intelligence. Stout was founded in 1993 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stout has clients across the U.S. in engineering, manufacturing, education, healthcare IT, marketing, entertainment, and more. Stout provides expert level software, Web and embedded systems development consulting and staffing services.

We are searching for a highly experienced Database Architect to lead the rearchitecture of a large SQL-based data model. Our client is undertaking a large-scale re-architecture effort to adopt modern microservice and UI technologies for their Web platform products. The ideal candidate will have prior experience leading an effort to transition away from a large SQL-based data model to a Cloud-based NoSQL/MongoDB solution.

In this role, you will be the expert for multiple database architectures within a microservice environment. You will interact with the DevOps team, the platform architect, developers and business analysts to determine and document database requirements. You will develop and maintain physical data models designed to take advantage of the target database management system.

**Required** * Strong experience with both relational and non-relational database architectures for SaaS/Web-based products * Experience with AWS or Azure Cloud services * Strong production system experience with NoSQL in general and MongoDB in particular * Familiarity with microservice architecture and the complexity of operating within such an environment * Basic knowledge of REST and Web principles * Skilled with data modeling at both the logical and physical levels * Understands how to performance test, base line test and tune databases **Preferred** * Experience with other NoSQL technologies such as Elastic, Cassandra or Hadoop * Experience with data warehousing systems and principles * Experience with big data