Manager, Data Conversion & Migration Services - Edmonton

Socket.dev; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Udemy course access

Job summary

Catalis is seeking a Manager of Data Conversion & Migration Services to lead a high-impact shared services team. You will define playbooks, tooling, and standards for converting legacy data into a growing SaaS suite for state and local government customers nationwide, with an emphasis on cloud-based delivery.

The role requires deep ETL expertise, CJIS training readiness, and the ability to scale a PSO practice across multiple product lines while collaborating with Product Management,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on ETL experience with SQL scripting and SSIS.
• 4+ years leading a technical PSO team within a software company.
• Proven ability to build playbooks, tools, and documentation for data conversion.
• Hands-on with SSIS, SSMS, Visual Studio; familiarity with multiple ETL/data integration platforms.
• Strong proactive communicator with cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience; CJIS training/clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a shared services team of eight data conversion professionals.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering on platform tooling and estimation.
• Scale conversion practice with playbooks, data mapping standards, and templates.
• Serve as technical authority for design, build, testing, and validation of conversion jobs.
• Ensure data hygiene and validation before customer delivery.
• Adopt AI-assisted tooling to accelerate mapping script development and throughput.

Skills

ETL experience

SQL scripting

SSIS

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data mapping

Communication

Problem solving

CJIS training

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related

Tools

Microsoft SSIS

SSMS

Visual Studio

Informatica IDMC

Talend

Qlik

AWS Glue

Azure Data Factory

Boomi

Job description

Description

Who We Are

Catalis is a leading government Software as a Service (SaaS) and integrated payments provider, powering a wide range of government operations at the municipal, county, state, and federal levels. Our innovative solutions are designed to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and improve the delivery of government services to the public. At Catalis, we are committed to leveraging technology to make government interactions simpler, faster, and more accessible.

What we Offer

Catalis is a fast growing and award-winning technology company that serves small urban and rural municipal governments across Canada. We offer competitive compensation, full paid vacation, and comprehensive health & dental benefits. We focus a lot of energy on professional development, offering free access to unlimited Udemy courses for personal and professional advancement, as we want our employees to ride the wave and grow with our business. We strive to be an example of a successful high-growth technology company in Alberta, and our team members depend on each other to make it happen.

The Opportunity

Catalis is looking for a Manager of Data Conversion & Migration Services to lead a high-impact shared services team of eight professionals. In this role, you will build the playbooks, tools, and standards that define how Catalis converts legacy host-system data into its growing suite of SaaS solutions—spanning Court Management, Official Land Records, Criminal Justice, and Jury—for state and local government customers across the country. You will also play a key role in evolving the team's practice as Catalis shifts from on-premises implementations toward cloud-based SaaS delivery. If you thrive in a fast-moving environment, bring deep ETL expertise, and know how a PS organization operates and scales, this role offers real ownership and room to grow.

What You Will Do:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a shared services team of eight data conversion professionals, overseeing capacity planning, workload allocation, and career development across all four product lines.
• Engage proactively across the organization partnering with Product Management and Engineering on platform functionality and tooling, supporting Sales with scoping and estimation, and collaborating with PSO colleagues on staffing, prioritization, and delivery quality.
• Scale the conversion practice developing playbooks, methodology documentation, data mapping standards, estimation tools, and sales-support templates that enable consistent, scalable, and measurable delivery across all product lines.
• Serve as the technical authority for data conversion guiding the team through design, build, testing, and validation of conversion jobs and overseeing performance tuning and issue resolution for time-sensitive deliveries.
• Champion quality standards, conduct peer reviews, and enforce data hygiene and validation practices before deliveries reach customers.
• Actively evaluate and adopt AI-assisted tooling to accelerate mapping script development, automate repetitive transformation logic, and improve overall team throughput.

Requirements

What You Will Need to Succeed

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on ETL experience; proficient in SQL scripting, stored procedures, and Microsoft SSIS packages.
• 4+ years managing a technical team in a Professional Services or embedded PSO environment within a software company, with a clear understanding of how PS delivery, sales, and product teams interact.
• Proven ability to build conversion playbooks, estimation tools, and methodology documentation in a maturing or fast-growing product environment.
• Hands-on proficiency with Microsoft SSIS, SSMS, and Visual Studio, plus working familiarity with a range of ETL and data integration platforms (e.g., Informatica IDMC, Talend/Qlik, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Boomi, or similar).
• Strong proactive communicator, comfortable engaging directly with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and PSO leadership to negotiate priorities and advocate for your team.
• Detail-oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong process improvement mindset, high sense of urgency, and a track record of driving results in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Because this position has access to criminal justice information, you must be able to complete Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) related training and pass a secondary FBI Level background check

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with or active use of AI-assisted tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to facilitate SQL/ETL script development, data mapping, and documentation.
• Experience defining and applying data quality scoring frameworks for conversion validation—such as completeness, accuracy, and referential integrity metrics or pre- and post-load reconciliation processes—to objectively measure conversion quality prior to customer acceptance.
• Experience coordinating work across near-shore or off-shore development resources in a distributed team environment.

Catalis is committed to building and promoting a diverse workforce and celebrates the unique qualities that individuals of various backgrounds and experiences offer. As an equal employment opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.