Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead: SAS to PySpark/AWS

Cognizant; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

Paid holidays/PTO

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee stock plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale data modernization projects. You will oversee migration of SAS platforms to PySpark and AWS-based solutions, guiding data engineers, architects, and stakeholders through the migration lifecycle.

You will work remotely within the United States, with a focus on data validation, governance, and scalable cloud architectures. This role requires strong leadership and deep expertise in SAS, PySpark, and AWS Glue.

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

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

SQL

Data modeling

Data transformation

CI/CD

DevOps

Stakeholder management

Communication

AWS services

Tools

SAS

PySpark

AWS Glue

S3

Lambda

IAM

Athena

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Data Migration Lead to drive large-scale data modernization projects. You will oversee migration of SAS platforms to PySpark and AWS-based solutions, guiding data engineers, architects, and stakeholders through the migration lifecycle.

You will work remotely within the United States, with a focus on data validation, governance, and scalable cloud architectures. This role requires strong leadership and deep expertise in SAS, PySpark, and AWS Glue.