Remote Cloud Data Migration Lead — SAS to PySpark on AWS

Cognizant; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

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

The role emphasizes leadership, governance, and collaboration across the migration lifecycle, with a strong focus on data quality and compliance. This position is remote for qualified U.S. 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 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 initiatives and migrations from SAS-based platforms to AWS and PySpark solutions. You will work with architects, data engineers, stakeholders, and global teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership, governance, and collaboration across the migration lifecycle, with a strong focus on data quality and compliance. This position is remote for qualified U.S. applicants.