Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead (AWS & PySpark)

Cognizant; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead in the United States to drive large-scale data modernization. You will lead migration of SAS workloads to PySpark and AWS Glue, shaping cloud data lake architectures, and ensuring data quality and governance across projects.

You will mentor data engineers and collaborate with architects, stakeholders, and global delivery teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions while leveraging CI/CD practices and AWS services like S3, Lambda, IAM, and

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 assessment, planning, and migration of 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

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

AWS services

SQL

Data quality & governance

CI/CD / DevOps

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead in the United States to drive large-scale data modernization. You will lead migration of SAS workloads to PySpark and AWS Glue, shaping cloud data lake architectures, and ensuring data quality and governance across projects.

You will mentor data engineers and collaborate with architects, stakeholders, and global delivery teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions while leveraging CI/CD practices and AWS services like S3, Lambda, IAM, and