Cloud Data Migration Specialist- Remote

ICF International; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Specialist to lead onboarding federal grant programs onto GrantLens, a Salesforce-based grants management platform. You will guide data assessment, mapping, and migration strategies with stakeholders, analysts, and developers.

Fully remote in the U.S. with occasional travel to Washington, DC. The role emphasizes data quality, validation, and production migrations, using ETL, SQL, and Salesforce migration tools.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in enterprise data migration, data conversion, ETL development, or data integration.
• 3+ years in data modeling, relational databases, and complex data relationships.
• 3+ years planning and executing end-to-end data migrations into Salesforce.
• 2+ years with Salesforce Data Loader, Inspector, Workbench, Salesforce APIs, or similar migration utilities.
• 2+ years with ETL tools and technologies for data extraction, transformation, cleansing, and loading.
• 2+ years of SQL development for data profiling, transformation, and validation.
• 2+ years developing Source-to-Target Mapping documentation and managing data quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data migration activities, including source data assessment, migration planning, extraction, transformation, loading, and validation.
• Analyze source and target data models, data structures, relationships, dependencies, and data quality.
• Develop and maintain Source-to-Target Mapping documents, data dictionaries, and transformation rules.
• Leverage ETL tools, SQL, and Salesforce data migration utilities to cleanse, transform, and load data.
• Manage Salesforce data dependencies, including object relationships, external IDs, record ownership, and parent-child relationships.
• Conduct mock conversions, troubleshoot migration issues, and refine migration processes prior to production deployment.
• Execute production migrations and perform data reconciliation and post-migration validation.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to validate migrated data, resolve discrepancies, and obtain formal sign-off.

Skills

Data migration

Data modeling

SQL

ETL development

Salesforce data migration

Source-to-Target Mapping

Data quality

Data dictionaries

Migration validation

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Salesforce Data Loader

Salesforce Inspector

Workbench

Salesforce APIs

Informatica

Talend

MuleSoft

Azure Data Factory

SSIS

Job description

Join ICF as a Cloud Data Migration Specialist and play a key role in onboarding federal grant programs onto GrantLens, a large-scale Salesforce-based Grants Management application. You will lead end-to-end data migration activities, working with business stakeholders, Business Analysts, Salesforce Architects, and Developers to assess legacy data, develop migration strategies, define source-to-target mappings, and execute accurate and reliable data conversions.

You will leverage your expertise in data modeling, ETL, and Salesforce data migration to transform complex legacy data into a structured, reliable format that supports GrantLens business processes. From initial data assessment through production migration and validation, you will ensure data integrity, quality, and successful onboarding of programs onto the platform.

Job Location: This position is fully remote within the U.S., with occasional travel to the client's Washington, D.C. office. Must support US Eastern time zone working hours.

What You Will Do:

• Lead end-to-end data migration activities, including source data assessment, migration planning, extraction, transformation, loading, and validation.
• Analyze source and target data models, data structures, relationships, dependencies, and data quality.
• Develop and maintain Source-to-Target Mapping (STM) documents, data dictionaries, and transformation rules.
• Leverage ETL tools, SQL, and Salesforce data migration utilities to cleanse, transform, and load data.
• Manage Salesforce data dependencies, including object relationships, external IDs, record ownership, and parent-child relationships.
• Conduct mock conversions, troubleshoot migration issues, and refine migration processes prior to production deployment.
• Execute production migrations and perform data reconciliation and post-migration validation.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to validate migrated data, resolve discrepancies, and obtain formal sign-off.
• Maintain migration documentation, runbooks, validation reports, and issue logs.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in enterprise data migration, data conversion, ETL development, or data integration.
• 3+ years of experience with data modeling, relational databases, and complex data relationships.
• 3+ years of experience planning and executing end-to-end data migrations into Salesforce.
• 2+ years of experience with Salesforce Data Loader, Salesforce Inspector, Workbench, Salesforce APIs, or similar migration utilities.
• 2+ years of experience with ETL tools and technologies for data extraction, transformation, cleansing, and loading.
• 2+ years of experience in SQL, developing queries and scripts for data profiling, transformation, and validation.
• 2+ years of experience developing Source-to-Target Mapping documentation and managing data quality, reconciliation, and migration exceptions.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS), Service Cloud, or other enterprise Salesforce applications.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce data architecture, including standard/custom objects, lookup and master-detail relationships, and external IDs.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience with ETL platforms such as Informatica, Talend, MuleSoft, Azure Data Factory, or SSIS.
• Experience with Salesforce Bulk API and large-volume data migration techniques.
• Experience automating data migration, validation, and reconciliation processes.
• Experience developing migration cutover plans, rollback procedures, and production migration runbooks.
• Experience supporting federal government or other complex enterprise data migration initiatives.
• Familiarity with FISMA, FedRAMP, and NIST security and compliance requirements.
• Relevant Salesforce or data management certifications.

Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we're not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

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We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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