Mid-Level Data Migration Engineer

Zachary Piper, LLC; Virginia; On-site; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Quantico, VA is seeking a Mid-Level Data Migration Engineer to support federal modernization initiatives. This on-site role focuses on ETL pipelines, data migration from legacy systems to secure cloud environments, and ensuring data quality for mission-critical systems.

A Top Secret clearance is required. You will map data, validate integrity, collaborate with DevSecOps and cloud architects, and document migration processes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in data migration, ETL, data engineering, data integration, or related data environments.
• Hands-on experience with structured and unstructured data, including data mapping, transformation, cleansing, normalization, and validation.
• Experience with ETL tools, data pipelines, scripting languages, and 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.

Responsibilities

• Support ETL workflows and data migration pipelines 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.

Skills

ETL pipelines

Data mapping

Data quality

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ETL tools

Scripting languages

Python

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 Quantico, VA. Candidates must have an active Top Secret security clearance.

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: $125,000 - $145,000 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 10/30/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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