Prashant Goel
Principal Data Architect
Delhi
Summary
Results-driven Principal Data Architect with 2 decades of experience in designing, scaling, and optimizing enterprise database platforms across Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. Expertise includes performance tuning, high-availability architecture, and end-to-end database migrations for mission-critical systems, consistently diagnosing and eliminating bottlenecks to enhance throughput, reliability, and cost efficiency. Industry experience spans global enterprises such as Oracle and Rackspace, as well as high-growth product teams, with significant contributions including the data architecture for the world's largest AMI deployment in Japan. Recognized for technical leadership and team enablement, fostering an award-winning record in training and mentoring DBAs and engineers to adopt modern database practices while confidently delivering large-scale systems.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Principal Expert - Database Architecture
Landis+Gyr
04.2025 - Current
- Collaborate with global stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and efficient data solutions for mission-critical smart metering and energy management systems.
- Drive data modeling, architecture design, governance, and lifecycle management to ensure reliability and compliance across releases.
- Provide end-to-end support to development, SIT, and customer escalation teams — acting as the go-to expert for complex performance and scalability issues.
- Lead performance benchmarks and scalability testing, ensuring all CTQs are consistently met for large-scale deployments.
- Design and automate complex data-driven solutions, reducing manual effort and accelerating product delivery timelines.
- Spearhead product certifications on the latest database releases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server), ensuring compatibility and optimized performance.
- Author and review architecture documentation, design spikes, and release notes, including data dictionaries and sanity check frameworks for every release cycle.
- Conduct technical presentations and training workshops, upskilling developers, DBAs, and QA teams in database performance, design best practices, and PostgreSQL migrations.
- Play an active role in recruitment and mentoring, strengthening both the database and cross-functional technical teams.
- Highlight Achievement:
- Led the Oracle/SQL Server → PostgreSQL migration strategy for a mission-critical product, covering schema design, performance optimization, and hands-on training. This initiative enabled cost savings, modernized the product stack, and equipped teams across development, testing, and support with PostgreSQL expertise.
- Drove the database design for the world’s largest AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) deployment in Japan, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability for millions of smart meters.
Database Consultant (Oracle & NoSql) at Rackspace
Rackspace
10.2017 - 12.2019
- Planned and implemented complex enterprise-grade database installations, configurations, upgrades, and patching Production Grade Environments.
- Partnered with customers on database and application performance optimization, ensuring scalability and reliability of mission-critical workloads.
- Designed and enforced robust backup and recovery strategies, improving resilience and minimizing RTO/RPO for global clients.
- Automated routine DBA tasks using Unix shell scripting, reducing manual overhead and increasing operational efficiency.
- Conducted internal technical trainings and knowledge-sharing sessions, helping teams strengthen database and cloud expertise.
- Actively contributed to team building and recruitment, mentoring new hires and raising the overall technical bar.
Technical Lead - Database
AGNITY, Inc
12.2010 - 12.2013
- Implemented and supported clustering and disaster recovery solutions using Oracle RAC and Oracle Data Guard, ensuring high availability and resilience.
- Designed and deployed replication solutions with Oracle Streams to support large-scale telecom applications.
- Created an automated Oracle RAC sync-up solution for Standard Edition, enabling synchronization between RAC SE and another Oracle SE database — delivering a low-cost automated disaster recovery solution for customers.
- Developed and enhanced automated solutions for Oracle 11gR2 RAC installation, synchronization of RAC environments, and RAC monitoring — reducing manual effort and errors.
- Led performance engineering initiatives for telecommunication products such as Prepaid and NextGen Intelligent Networks, improving throughput and scalability.
- Provided knowledge sharing and training to development teams, strengthening collaboration and enabling faster issue resolution.
Associate Consultant - Database Performance Engineering Team (Flexcube)
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd
08.2006 - 12.2010
- Started career in Oracle’s Database Performance Engineering team, working under strong Oracle technical leadership.
- Contributed extensively to FLEXCUBE Corporate product performance engineering and benchmarking.
- Part of product certification initiatives, including Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture and Exadata storage certification.
- Delivered onsite go-live performance optimization for international banks, ensuring high availability and optimized online transaction processing and end-of-day batches.
- Conducted Flexcube and database trainings for freshers and team members, helping them ramp up faster and adopt best practices.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) - Computer Science
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
01.2006
Senior Secondary and Higher Senior Secondary - undefined
Cambridge School Noida
01.2002
Skills
Database Design & Architecture
Certification
Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer
Timeline
Principal Expert - Database Architecture
Landis+Gyr
04.2025 - Current
Database Consultant (Oracle & NoSql) at Rackspace
Rackspace
10.2017 - 12.2019
Technical Lead - Database
AGNITY, Inc
12.2010 - 12.2013
Associate Consultant - Database Performance Engineering Team (Flexcube)
Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd
08.2006 - 12.2010
Senior Secondary and Higher Senior Secondary - undefined
Cambridge School Noida
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) - Computer Science
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University