Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead (AWS & PySpark)

Cognizant; Salem (OR); 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 spearhead large-scale data modernization projects. You will guide migrations of SAS workloads to PySpark and AWS Glue, partnering with architects and data engineers to build scalable cloud data lakes and robust governance.

You will mentor teams, drive quality frameworks, and ensure secure, compliant migrations while collaborating with stakeholders across global delivery teams. Remote work options available for qualifying US applicants.

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 legacy SAS programs to AWS-based data platforms.
• Define migration strategies and best practices for SAS to PySpark and AWS Glue.
• Partner with data architects to design scalable cloud data lake and integration architectures.
• Establish data validation, reconciliation, and quality frameworks for accurate migration outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and governance to data engineers and ETL teams.

Skills

Data warehousing

ETL development

Data integration

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

AWS S3

AWS Lambda

IAM

CloudWatch

Athena

SQL

Data modeling

Data transformation

CI/CD

DevOps

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Tools

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

Amazon Redshift

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to spearhead large-scale data modernization projects. You will guide migrations of SAS workloads to PySpark and AWS Glue, partnering with architects and data engineers to build scalable cloud data lakes and robust governance.

You will mentor teams, drive quality frameworks, and ensure secure, compliant migrations while collaborating with stakeholders across global delivery teams. Remote work options available for qualifying US applicants.