Cloud Data Migration Lead: SAS to AWS & PySpark

Cognizant; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Disability coverage

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale data modernization, migrating SAS workloads to cloud-native AWS and PySpark platforms. You will lead data integration efforts, establish governance, and mentor engineering teams across global delivery units.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong SQL and data modeling skills, and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure compliant, scalable cloud data solutions. Remote US-based role with flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data warehousing, ETL development, 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 the assessment, planning, and migration of legacy SAS programs, datasets, macros, and ETL workflows to AWS-based data platforms.
• Define migration strategies, standards, and best practices for converting SAS workloads into PySpark and AWS Glue solutions.
• Partner with data architects and engineering teams to design scalable cloud data lake and integration architectures.
• Establish data validation, reconciliation, and quality frameworks to ensure accuracy, compliance, and successful migration outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and governance to data engineers, ETL developers, architects, and QA teams throughout the migration lifecycle.

Skills

Data warehousing

ETL development

Enterprise data integration

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

AWS services

SQL

Data modeling

Data quality

Governance

CI/CD

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

S3

Lambda

IAM

CloudWatch

Athena

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale data modernization, migrating SAS workloads to cloud-native AWS and PySpark platforms. You will lead data integration efforts, establish governance, and mentor engineering teams across global delivery units.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong SQL and data modeling skills, and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure compliant, scalable cloud data solutions. Remote US-based role with flexible work arrangements.