Senior Data Migration Engineer — Cloud Modernization Lead

Zachary Piper Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

PTO

401K

Tuition reimbursement

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Migration Engineer to lead complex ETL/ELT pipelines and migration efforts from legacy systems to secure cloud environments. The role supports federal modernization initiatives and requires an Active Top Secret clearance, with on-site work in Huntsville, AL.

You will guide data extraction, transformation, validation, and migration for high-volume datasets while coordinating with cloud, DevSecOps, data engineering, QA, and product teams to ensure

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data migration, ETL/ELT, or large-scale data engineering with a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience designing, developing, and operating ETL/ELT pipelines for complex structured and unstructured datasets.
• Active Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale migration to cloud environments.
• Develop data mapping, transformation, cleansing, and validation processes.
• Coordinate migration readiness with cloud, DevSecOps, data engineering, QA, and product teams.
• Provide technical guidance to mid-level engineers and improve migration automation and pipeline performance.
• Maintain migration specifications, data mappings, and technical documentation in line with federal data governance and security requirements.

Skills

ETL/ELT development

Data migration

AWS experience

Python scripting

SQL

Data quality

Cloud data migration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tools

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Migration Engineer to lead complex ETL/ELT pipelines and migration efforts from legacy systems to secure cloud environments. The role supports federal modernization initiatives and requires an Active Top Secret clearance, with on-site work in Huntsville, AL.

You will guide data extraction, transformation, validation, and migration for high-volume datasets while coordinating with cloud, DevSecOps, data engineering, QA, and product teams to ensure