Senior Data Migration Engineer: Cloud Modernization Lead

Piper Companies

Quantico (VA)

On-site

USD 165,000 - 175,000

Full time

6 days ago

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PTO

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401K

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Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Data Migration Engineer Senior to support a federal modernization program focused on large-scale legacy system transformation and secure cloud migration initiatives. This on-site role at Quantico, VA will lead complex data migration efforts, including ETL/ELT pipeline development and cloud-based data integration.

The candidate will mentor mid-level engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate with Cloud Engineers, DevSecOps, QA, and Scrum teams to ensure

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in data migration, ETL/ELT development, data engineering, or large-scale data modernization initiatives.
Experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines, data transformation frameworks, data mapping, data validation, and automation solutions.
Strong expertise with structured and unstructured data, cloud migration methodologies, troubleshooting, and high-volume data operations.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.
Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, optimization, and operation of ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data migration.
Perform advanced data extraction, transformation, cleansing, governance, mapping, and validation.
Conduct data quality assessments, integrity analysis, anomaly detection, and remediation.
Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps, QA, Product Owners, and Scrum teams.
Mentor mid-level engineers, develop migration best practices, maintain documentation, identify migration risks.