Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead — AWS & PySpark

Cognizant; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

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

The role emphasizes technical leadership, governance, and mentorship, with a focus on data quality, validation, and migration success.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Data warehousing

ETL development

Enterprise data integration

Leadership

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps practices

Stakeholder management

Advanced SQL

Data modeling

Data transformation

Tools

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

AWS S3

AWS Lambda

AWS IAM

AWS CloudWatch

AWS Athena

Job description

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

The role emphasizes technical leadership, governance, and mentorship, with a focus on data quality, validation, and migration success.