Enterprise Data Migration Cutover Lead Energy Trading W2 ONLY

United Global Technologies, Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

United Global Technologies, Inc. seeks an Enterprise Data Migration & Cutover Lead for the Energy Trading program in Houston. You will oversee end-to-end data migration, onboarding to the Enterprise Data Platform, and production cutover with minimal business disruption.

You will manage migration managers, data engineers and suppliers, develop strategy and governance, and ensure readiness through mock migrations, runbooks and contingency plans.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading enterprise-scale data migration and production cutover programs.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary data engineering teams and external suppliers.
• Experience delivering transaction, master and reference data migrations.
• Experience onboarding data into enterprise data platforms and transitioning solutions into operational support.
• Strong understanding of migration validation, reconciliation, production readiness and cutover controls.
• Proven project governance, stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex dependencies and critical decisions under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration managers, data engineers, business analysts, SMEs, testing teams and suppliers.
• Develop migration strategy, scope, roadmap, sequencing, governance and acceptance criteria.
• Oversee transaction, master and reference data migration, including mapping, transformation, conversion, cleansing and validation.
• Manage migration of trading and operational data, including counterparties, book structures, vessels, ports and terminals.
• Lead IMOS Snowflake data onboarding into Enterprise Data Platform, including downstream reporting and data product validation.
• Develop integrated cutover plans, runbooks, migration windows, freeze periods, rollback procedures and contingency plans.
• Coordinate mock migrations, rehearsals, readiness reviews, production deployment and business sign-off.
• Manage data quality, reconciliation, defects, risks, dependencies and supplier performance.
• Establish hypercare, operational monitoring, support ownership and knowledge transfer processes.
• Provide executive-level reporting and coordinate critical decisions across business, technology and operations stakeholders.

Skills

Data migration leadership

Cutover planning

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Team leadership

Onsite collaboration

Tools

IMOS

Snowflake

Enterprise Data Platform

Job description

W-2 ONLY No subcontract companies, no subcontractors, US Citizens, GC if you represent yourself

Hybrid onsite 3 days a week in Houston Office

Enterprise Data Migration & Cutover Lead – Energy Trading

• Significant experience leading enterprise-scale data migration and production cutover programs;
• proven leadership of multidisciplinary data engineering, migration, business analysis, testing and supplier teams;
• hands-on delivery oversight of transaction, master and reference data migration, including mapping, transformation, validation and reconciliation;
• experience onboarding data into enterprise data platforms;
• strong cutover planning, mock migrations, go-live execution, rollback planning and hypercare management;
• executive stakeholder communication, governance, risk and dependency management;
• ability to work onsite in Houston.
• No specific minimum years of experience stated.

Lead enterprise data migration, Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) onboarding and production cutover for Jigsaw program into IMOS. Accountable for successful migration, reconciliation, business acceptance, production readiness and operational transition with minimal business disruption.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead migration managers, data engineers, business analysts, SMEs, testing teams and suppliers.
• Develop migration strategy, scope, roadmap, sequencing, governance and acceptance criteria.
• Oversee transaction, master and reference data migration, including mapping, transformation, conversion, cleansing and validation.
• Manage migration of trading and operational data, including counterparties, book structures, vessels, ports and terminals.
• Lead IMOS Snowflake data onboarding into Enterprise Data Platform, including downstream reporting and data product validation.
• Develop integrated cutover plans, runbooks, migration windows, freeze periods, rollback procedures and contingency plans.
• Coordinate mock migrations, rehearsals, readiness reviews, production deployment and business sign-off.
• Manage data quality, reconciliation, defects, risks, dependencies and supplier performance.
• Establish hypercare, operational monitoring, support ownership and knowledge transfer processes.
• Provide executive-level reporting and coordinate critical decisions across business, technology and operations stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Significant experience managing enterprise-scale data migration and production cutover programs.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary technical teams and external suppliers.
• Experience delivering transaction, master and reference data migrations.
• Experience onboarding data into enterprise data platforms and transitioning solutions into operational support.
• Strong understanding of migration validation, reconciliation, production readiness and cutover controls.
• Proven project governance, stakeholder management, risk management and executive communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex dependencies and critical decisions under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IMOS, Snowflake or comparable enterprise data platforms.
• Familiarity with energy trading, commodity trading or trading operations data.
• Experience supporting complex data migration programs involving downstream reporting and operational data products.