Lead Data Migration & Disaster Recovery Engineer

ScolerTec Inc; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ScolerTec Inc is actively seeking multiple Lead Data Migration & DR Engineers to drive a federal cloud modernization program. You will lead data migration, archival, retention, disaster recovery, and high-availability initiatives across cloud data environments.

You will guide migration planning, source-to-target mapping, data validation, archival lifecycle management, automated failover testing and audit-ready documentation in a fast-paced team. Government/public-sector experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specialized data engineering, migration, architecture or related experience.
• Strong experience with enterprise data migration and archival strategies.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, APIs and cloud integration patterns.
• Strong SQL and data-validation skills.
• Experience with source-to-target mapping and data profiling.
• Hands-on DR/HA architecture and testing experience.
• Familiarity with AWS DMS, AWS Backup, Azure Site Recovery or equivalent.
• Experience with data governance, metadata and lineage.
• Government/public-sector experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end enterprise data migration and archival activities.
• Develop migration strategies including profiling, mapping, validation, anomaly handling and rollback.
• Design archival strategies covering retention schedules, storage tiers and access controls.
• Implement batch and real-time data exchange between legacy and cloud environments.
• Design and test DR, high availability and automated failover solutions.
• Build data integrity, reconciliation and audit-trail validation processes.
• Support AWS-based cloud migration and data platforms.
• Implement policy-driven backup, archival, retention and purge processes.
• Work with Data Architects, Data Engineers, Governance and Security teams.
• Lead and mentor migration engineers.
• Maintain audit-ready migration documentation and validation results.

Skills

Data engineering

Data migration

Data profiling

SQL

Data validation

DR/HA testing

AWS DMS

AWS Backup

Azure Site Recovery

Governance & metadata

Public sector experience

Tools

AWS DMS

AWS Backup

Azure Site Recovery

APIs

Job description

ScolerTec is seeking multiple Lead Data Migration & Disaster Recovery Engineers to support a large-scale federal cloud modernization program.

The successful candidates will lead the strategy and execution of enterprise data migration, archival, retention, disaster recovery, and high-availability initiatives across modern cloud data environments. The role includes migration planning, source-to-target mapping, data validation and reconciliation, archival lifecycle management, automated failover, DR testing, and audit-ready documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end enterprise data migration and archival activities.
• Develop migration strategies including profiling, mapping, validation, anomaly handling and rollback.
• Design archival strategies covering retention schedules, storage tiers and access controls.
• Implement batch and real-time data exchange between legacy and cloud environments.
• Design and test DR, high availability and automated failover solutions.
• Build data integrity, reconciliation and audit-trail validation processes.
• Support AWS-based cloud migration and data platforms.
• Implement policy-driven backup, archival, retention and purge processes.
• Work with Data Architects, Data Engineers, Governance and Security teams.
• Lead and mentor migration engineers.
• Maintain audit-ready migration documentation and validation results.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of specialized data engineering, migration, architecture or related experience.
• Strong experience with enterprise data migration and archival strategies.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, APIs and cloud integration patterns.
• Strong SQL and data-validation skills.
• Experience with source-to-target mapping and data profiling.
• Hands-on DR/HA architecture and testing experience.
• Familiarity with AWS DMS, AWS Backup, Azure Site Recovery or equivalent.
• Experience with data governance, metadata and lineage.
• Government/public-sector experience preferred.