Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead

Cognizant; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan

Job summary

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

You will guide migration strategies, implement validation and governance frameworks, and provide technical leadership across ETL, data engineering, and QA teams throughout the migration lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data warehousing, ETL development, and enterprise data integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment, planning, and migration of legacy SAS programs, datasets, macros, and ETL workflows to AWS-based data platforms.

Skills

Data warehousing

ETL development

Cloud migration

SAS experience

PySpark

AWS services

SQL & data modeling

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

S3

Lambda

IAM

Athena

Job description

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

You will guide migration strategies, implement validation and governance frameworks, and provide technical leadership across ETL, data engineering, and QA teams throughout the migration lifecycle.