Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead

Cognizant; Denver (CO); A distancia; USD 100.000 - 117.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan

Descripción de la vacante

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale modernization efforts by migrating SAS-based data platforms to cloud-native AWS and PySpark solutions. You will collaborate with architects, data engineers, stakeholders, and global teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions.

You will lead migration strategy, establish quality frameworks, and provide technical leadership across the migration lifecycle while ensuring regulatory compliance and performance optimization.

Formación

• Extensive experience in data warehousing, ETL development, and enterprise data integration.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAS, PySpark, and AWS Glue.
• Proven experience leading cloud data migration and modernization programs.
• Strong expertise with AWS services including S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch, and Athena.
• Advanced SQL, data modeling, and data transformation skills.
• Experience implementing data quality, reconciliation, governance, and migration frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and collaborate with business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the assessment, planning, and migration of legacy SAS programs, datasets, macros, and ETL workflows to AWS-based data platforms.
• Define migration strategies, standards, and best practices for converting SAS workloads into PySpark and AWS Glue solutions.
• Partner with data architects and engineering teams to design scalable cloud data lake and integration architectures.
• Establish data validation, reconciliation, and quality frameworks to ensure accuracy, compliance, and successful migration outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and governance to data engineers, ETL developers, architects, and QA teams throughout the migration lifecycle.

Conocimientos

Data warehousing

ETL development

Enterprise data integration

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

SQL

Data modeling

Data quality

Governance

CI/CD

DevOps

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Herramientas

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch, Athena)

Descripción del empleo

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale modernization efforts by migrating SAS-based data platforms to cloud-native AWS and PySpark solutions. You will collaborate with architects, data engineers, stakeholders, and global teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions.

You will lead migration strategy, establish quality frameworks, and provide technical leadership across the migration lifecycle while ensuring regulatory compliance and performance optimization.