Senior Data Migration Architect – TS Cleared

Orchard LLC; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Orchard LLC is seeking a Senior Data Migration IT Subject Matter Expert to lead end-to-end migration of sensitive datasets to a secure, modern data platform. The role requires active Top Secret clearance and US citizenship, with work spanning Huntsville, AL and Quantico, VA.

You will architect, oversee, and validate migration of diverse data forms, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and secure handling across cloud-enabled environments supporting long-term missions.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• US Citizenship required due to government contract.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 9+ years of experience in data migration, data engineering, and enterprise database engineering.
• Experience executing large-scale, multi-system data migration projects with complex metadata and sensitive data controls.
• Expertise designing and operating ETL pipelines, ingestion frameworks, transformation logic, and metadata handling.
• Deep knowledge of data lineage, metadata propagation, marking preservation, and secure data handling workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle migration of sensitive mission data from multiple legacy systems into a modern data platform.
• Ensure migration of data, metadata, and user-applied markings while preserving integrity.
• Oversee transfer of structured, unstructured, audio, text, and multi-format data into cloud-aligned environments.
• Validate accessibility, searchability, and rendering of migrated data via UI, APIs, and analytics.
• Architect and refine ETL pipelines, ingestion workflows, transformation logic, and metadata handling standards.
• Engineer and evaluate databases to support high-volume mission data, complex metadata, and lineage tracking.
• Lead risk identification, mitigation, and QA related to data integrity, security, and performance.
• Collaborate with system owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams for readiness and alignment.
• Provide technical oversight and validation for Transition In, Technical Approach, RTM, and CVM deliverables.
• Demonstrate successful execution of large-scale enterprise migration projects.

Skills

Data migration

Data engineering

Enterprise database engineering

ETL pipelines

Metadata handling

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Data Engineering / Information Systems

Job description

Orchard LLC is seeking a Senior Data Migration IT Subject Matter Expert to lead end-to-end migration of sensitive datasets to a secure, modern data platform. The role requires active Top Secret clearance and US citizenship, with work spanning Huntsville, AL and Quantico, VA.

You will architect, oversee, and validate migration of diverse data forms, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and secure handling across cloud-enabled environments supporting long-term missions.