Senior Data Migration Engineer - Onsite (Top Secret)

Zachary Piper, LLC; Virginia; On-site; USD 155,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits: PTO/Holidays, Medical, 

401k

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Migration Engineer to support a critical FBI data migration project in Huntsville, AL or Quantico, VA. You will architect, operate, validate, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale migrations in a 100% onsite environment.

The role requires 8+ years of data engineering experience, proficiency with ETL tools, cloud ingestion, and scalable workflows. You will collaborate with Cloud, Data, DevSecOps teams to ensure alignment with cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required plus 8+ years in data engineering, ETL, and large-scale migrations.
• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• Strong experience with ETL tools, automation (Python, PowerShell, Bash), and high-volume pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data migrations.
• Build and optimize extraction, transformation, and loading processes for structured/unstructured data.
• Develop automated workflows for performance, reliability, and error recovery.
• Align pipeline architectures with cloud modernization and landing zone standards.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Data, DevSecOps, DBAs, QA, and Product Owners to meet migration goals.
• Ensure ETL integration with cloud infra, data models, monitoring, and downstream apps.
• Create and maintain technical docs including data mappings, diagrams, and SOPs.

Skills

ETL

ELT

Python

PowerShell

Bash

AWS

Cloud

Data Pipelines

SQL

Databricks

Terraform

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline

8+ years data engineering, ETL, migrations

Tools

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Azure Synapse Analytics

Databricks

Snowflake

NIFI

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Data Migration Engineer to support a critical FBI data migration project in Huntsville, AL or Quantico, VA. You will architect, operate, validate, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale migrations in a 100% onsite environment.

The role requires 8+ years of data engineering experience, proficiency with ETL tools, cloud ingestion, and scalable workflows. You will collaborate with Cloud, Data, DevSecOps teams to ensure alignment with cloud