Senior Data Migration Engineer - Onsite Huntsville

Piper Companies; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 155,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

PTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Data Migration Engineer to lead large-scale data migration, ETL/ELT development, and cloud modernization for a mission-critical federal program. The role is onsite in Huntsville and requires an active Top Secret clearance.

You will design and optimize pipelines, validate data quality, coordinate with Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps, QA, and Data Engineering teams, mentor junior engineers, and ensure secure, compliant migrations to AWS

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Data Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in data migration, ETL/ELT development, or large-scale data engineering.
• Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining complex ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud-based data migration environments, preferably AWS.
• Experience with data mapping specifications, transformation logic, and data integration workflows.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale migrations.
• Lead data extraction, transformation, cleansing, and loading across datasets.
• Develop data mapping frameworks and migration strategies for legacy-to-cloud environments.
• Support high-volume data migrations ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and performance.
• Implement automated data validation, reconciliation, anomaly detection, and error remediation processes.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps, QA, and Data Engineering teams for migration readiness.
• Troubleshoot complex data migration issues and implement corrective actions.
• Support cloud migration activities and legacy system decommissioning.
• Participate in Agile development activities and mentor mid-level engineers.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Data Engineering

Tools

AWS

AWS Glue

AWS DMS

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Data Migration Engineer to lead large-scale data migration, ETL/ELT development, and cloud modernization for a mission-critical federal program. The role is onsite in Huntsville and requires an active Top Secret clearance.

You will design and optimize pipelines, validate data quality, coordinate with Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps, QA, and Data Engineering teams, mentor junior engineers, and ensure secure, compliant migrations to AWS