Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead (SAS to AWS/PySpark)

Cognizant; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus 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 modernization, migrating SAS-based data platforms to cloud-native AWS and PySpark solutions. You will work with architects, data engineers, and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure data solutions.

You will provide technical leadership, establish data quality frameworks, and guide teams through migration lifecycles, while leveraging AWS services and CI/CD practices.

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.

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

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

SQL

Data governance

CI/CD

Stakeholder mgmt

Cloud migration

Tools

S3

Lambda

IAM

CloudWatch

Athena

Job description

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

You will provide technical leadership, establish data quality frameworks, and guide teams through migration lifecycles, while leveraging AWS services and CI/CD practices.