ETL Migration Engineer - Senior

Zachary Piper Solutions; Huntsville, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior ETL Migration Engineer to lead the design, execution, and validation of enterprise-scale ETL pipelines migrating legacy data environments to secure cloud platforms. The role requires 8+ years in ETL/data engineering, hands-on experience with ETL/ELT tools, automation, scripting, and a Top Secret clearance.

You will collaborate across Cloud/Data/DevSecOps teams to ensure accurate, reliable data migration and governance throughout

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in ETL development, data engineering, enterprise-scale data migration, or related technical disciplines.
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT tools, automation frameworks, scripting languages, and high-volume data processing pipelines.
• Hands-on experience supporting legacy system extraction, cloud-based data ingestion, data transformation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, optimization, and maintenance of large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines supporting petabyte-scale data migration initiatives.
• Develop extraction, transformation, and ingestion processes for structured and unstructured data from legacy systems into cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, resolve data anomalies, conduct root cause analysis, and improve overall migration performance and reliability.
• Perform data quality assessments, validation testing, governance reviews, and completeness checks to ensure migration accuracy.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps teams, DBAs, QA/Test Engineers, and Product Owners to support migration planning, integration, and operational readiness.

Skills

ETL development

Data engineering

Enterprise-scale migration

Automation frameworks

Scripting languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Data Engineering

Tools

ETL tools

Job description

Senior ETL Migration Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior ETL Migration Engineer to support a federal modernization program focused on migrating large-scale legacy data environments into secure cloud platforms. This position is on-site in Huntsville, AL. The Senior ETL Migration Engineer will lead the design, execution, optimization, and validation of enterprise-scale ETL pipelines supporting mission-critical data migration operations. Join a high-impact team driving the successful modernization of critical national security systems through scalable, secure, and reliable data migration solutions.

Responsibilities for the Senior ETL Migration Engineer include:

• Lead the design, development, optimization, and maintenance of large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines supporting petabyte-scale data migration initiatives.
• Develop extraction, transformation, and ingestion processes for structured and unstructured data from legacy systems into cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, resolve data anomalies, conduct root cause analysis, and improve overall migration performance and reliability.
• Perform data quality assessments, validation testing, governance reviews, and completeness checks to ensure migration accuracy.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps teams, DBAs, QA/Test Engineers, and Product Owners to support migration planning, integration, and operational readiness.

Required Qualifications for the Senior ETL Migration Engineer include:

• 8+ years of experience in ETL development, data engineering, enterprise-scale data migration, or related technical disciplines.
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT tools, automation frameworks, scripting languages, and high-volume data processing pipelines.
• Hands-on experience supporting legacy system extraction, cloud-based data ingestion, data transformation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Compensation for the Senior ETL Migration Engineer include:

Salary Range: $160,000 - $175,000 depending on experience

Full Benefits Package: PTO, Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Sick Leave as required by law

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