Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead | AWS & PySpark

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

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 drive large-scale data modernization, migrating SAS-based platforms to cloud-native AWS and PySpark solutions. You will collaborate with architects, data engineers, stakeholders, and global delivery teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions.

Your background should include SAS, PySpark, and AWS Glue expertise, plus strong SQL and data modeling skills to lead migration programs and govern quality throughout the lifecycle.

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

Data integration

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

AWS Services

SQL

Data modeling

Data transformation

Data quality

Governance

CI/CD

DevOps

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Amazon Redshift

Job description

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

Your background should include SAS, PySpark, and AWS Glue expertise, plus strong SQL and data modeling skills to lead migration programs and govern quality throughout the lifecycle.