Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead — AWS/PySpark

Cognizant; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

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 projects, migrating SAS-based platforms to AWS and PySpark. You will lead cross-functional teams, set migration strategies, and ensure data quality and governance across data lake architectures.

The role offers remote work within the United States, with flexibility and a focus on collaboration with global delivery teams and stakeholders. Competitive compensation and benefits are provided.

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.

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale data modernization projects, migrating SAS-based platforms to AWS and PySpark. You will lead cross-functional teams, set migration strategies, and ensure data quality and governance across data lake architectures.

The role offers remote work within the United States, with flexibility and a focus on collaboration with global delivery teams and stakeholders. Competitive compensation and benefits are provided.