Senior Data Migration Engineer - Cloud Modernization Lead

Zachary Piper Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Data Migration Engineer Senior to lead complex ETL/ELT pipelines and data migration initiatives for federal modernization projects. The role focuses on secure cloud readiness, data mapping, validation, and cross-team collaboration in Huntsville, AL.

The position demands 8+ years in data migration/ETL, a Bachelor’s degree, and an Active Top Secret Clearance, with strong experience in AWS and large-scale data environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on data migration, ETL/ELT development, data integration, or large-scale data engineering with a Bachelor's degree.
• Advanced ETL/ELT pipelines design for structured and unstructured datasets.
• Experience with data mapping, transformation, cleansing, validation, data quality, and troubleshooting in high-volume migrations.
• Cloud-based data migration, automation, scripting, and big data technologies; AWS experience preferred.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data migration to modern cloud environments.
• Develop complex data mappings, transformations, cleansing, and validation to ensure data quality and performance.
• Collaborate with cloud, DevSecOps, data engineering, QA, and product teams for migration readiness and testing.
• Provide technical guidance to mid-level engineers and improve migration automation and pipeline performance.
• Maintain migration specifications, data mappings, and technical documentation per federal governance and security requirements.

Skills

ETL/ELT design

Data migration

Data integration

Data quality

Cloud experience (AWS)

Python/SQL scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Python

AWS

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Data Migration Engineer Senior to lead complex ETL/ELT pipelines and data migration initiatives for federal modernization projects. The role focuses on secure cloud readiness, data mapping, validation, and cross-team collaboration in Huntsville, AL.

The position demands 8+ years in data migration/ETL, a Bachelor’s degree, and an Active Top Secret Clearance, with strong experience in AWS and large-scale data environments.