Data Migration Engineer Mid-Level

Zachary Piper Solutions; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site role in Huntsville

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Mid-Level Data Migration Engineer to support federal modernization, cloud transformation, and mission-critical technology initiatives. This on-site role is in Huntsville, AL and focuses on ETL pipelines, data quality, and high-impact national missions.

The ideal candidate will have 4+ years in data migration/ETL, strong data engineering skills, and an Active Top Secret Clearance, with experience in AWS and cloud-based data pipelines.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in data migration, ETL, or data engineering with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Hands-on data mapping, cleansing, normalization, validation, and quality checks.
• Active Top Secret security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Support ETL workflows and migration pipelines to extract/transform/load data from legacy systems to cloud.
• Collaborate with data engineers, DevSecOps, QA, and cloud architects to validate source and target environments.
• Maintain migration documentation including ETL workflows, schemas, mappings, and risks.
• Participate in migration testing, reviews, data validation checkpoints, and issue resolution.

Skills

Data migration

ETL pipelines

Data engineering

SQL

Python

AWS

DevSecOps

Data quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ETL tools

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Mid-Level Data Migration Engineer to support a company focused on federal modernization, cloud transformation, and mission-critical technology initiatives. This position is on-site in Huntsville, AL.

The Data Migration Engineer Mid will support the extraction, transformation, validation, and migration of high-volume data from legacy systems into secure cloud environments. This is an opportunity to play a key role in modernizing critical government systems by supporting ETL pipelines, data quality, and migration activities for high-impact national missions.

Responsibilities for the Data Migration Engineer Mid include:

• Support ETL workflows and data migration pipelines used to extract, transform, cleanse, normalize, validate, and load data from legacy systems into modern environments
• Perform data mapping, integrity checks, completeness assessments, and troubleshooting to ensure migrated datasets are accurate and properly formatted
• Collaborate with data engineers, migration engineers, DevSecOps teams, QA engineers, and cloud architects to validate source and target environments and support migration readiness
• Participate in migration testing, technical reviews, data validation checkpoints, and resolution of issues affecting migration performance or data quality
• Maintain technical documentation for migration processes, ETL workflows, schemas, data mappings, pipeline behavior, risks, and operational progress

Required Qualifications for the Data Migration Engineer Mid include:

• 4+ years of experience supporting data migration, ETL, data engineering, data integration, or related data environments, with a Bachelor’s degree required
• Hands-on experience working with structured and unstructured data, including data mapping, transformation, cleansing, normalization, and validation
• Experience with ETL tools, data pipelines, scripting languages, and/or migration automation technologies
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with experience identifying and resolving data quality, integrity, and migration issues
• Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications for the Data Migration Engineer Mid include:

• Experience supporting large-scale, enterprise, or multi-system data migration initiatives
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud-based data pipelines and migration environments
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud modernization
• Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or other national security programs

Compensation for the Data Migration Engineer Mid includes:

Salary Range: $145,000–$160,000, depending on experience

Full Benefits Package: PTO, Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Tuition Reimbursement, Sick Leave as Required by Law

This job opens for applications on 9/28/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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