Cloud Data Migration Lead (Remote, AWS/PySpark)

Cognizant; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale data modernization from SAS to cloud-native AWS and PySpark solutions. You will lead data warehousing, ETL, and enterprise integration within a collaborative Data Engineering team.

The role requires strong leadership, SQL and data modeling skills, and expertise in AWS services. Remote work is available to qualified U.S. applicants with competitive compensation and Cognizant benefits.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data warehousing, ETL, and enterprise data integration.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAS, PySpark, and AWS Glue.
• Proven experience leading cloud data migration and modernization programs.
• Strong expertise with AWS services including S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch, and Athena.
• Advanced SQL, data modeling, and data transformation skills.
• Experience implementing data quality, reconciliation, governance, and migration frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and collaborate with business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead assessment, planning and migration of legacy SAS programs, datasets, macros, and ETL workflows to AWS-based platforms.
• Define migration strategies, standards, and best practices for SAS to PySpark and AWS Glue.
• Partner with data architects and engineering teams to design cloud data lake and integration architectures.
• Establish data validation, reconciliation, and quality frameworks for accuracy and compliance.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and governance to data engineers, ETL developers, architects, and QA teams.

Skills

Data warehousing

ETL development

Enterprise data integration

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

SQL

Data modeling

Data quality governance

CI/CD DevOps

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cloud data migration

Tools

Amazon Redshift

AWS Glue

S3

Lambda

IAM

CloudWatch

Athena

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale data modernization from SAS to cloud-native AWS and PySpark solutions. You will lead data warehousing, ETL, and enterprise integration within a collaborative Data Engineering team.

The role requires strong leadership, SQL and data modeling skills, and expertise in AWS services. Remote work is available to qualified U.S. applicants with competitive compensation and Cognizant benefits.