Data/Big Data Cloud Architecture Design for Next Gen SaaS Application

Project Description

We are begining a project to build the next generation of our SaaS application in a specialized retail space to better allow our clients to better use their data and for us to build data and analytics capabilities into our products.  We will be looking at the large cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Compute Engine) as well as NoSQL technologies and are looking for someone to help us select the right platform and architect the solution.

We currently have a highly transactional system that is using MS SQL, and we will be exporting the data from there as well as building the new application to write to our new data architcture directly.  We currently have over 400 million records and expect that to scale significantly.  We are looking help defining a Big Data solution to store that transactional data, and then a plan for processing it and reporting on it both for internal use and for our customers.  We have historically been a Microsoft Development shop, but are open to other platforms to find the best fit for our needs.

We would be looking for someone who:

    Has at least 8 years of Data Architecture and Data Modeling experience

    Has worked with multiple cloud providers

    Has worked with multiple NoSQL database engines

    Has worked with multiple data visulaisation tools

    Must be able to work United States Central Time Zone hours