Senior Data Migration Engineer - Petabyte-Scale ETL

Zachary Piper Solutions; Huntsville, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Huntsville, AL seeks a Data Migration Engineer to lead high-complexity ETL/ELT operations for a federal modernization program. The role involves architecting, operating, validating, and optimizing data migration pipelines moving petabyte-scale datasets from legacy environments to modern cloud platforms.

It's a full-time, onsite position. You will collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps, DBAs, QA, and Product Owners, document data flows, ensure data

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance is required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years in ETL development, data engineering, or enterprise-scale migration operations.
• Strong experience with high-volume data pipelines and ETL tooling.
• Hands-on experience with legacy system extraction, cloud ingestion, and multi-format data transformation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for petabyte-scale data migration.
• Lead data quality checks, validation, and governance across migration cycles.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and coordinate with engineering teams to stabilize operations.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps, DBAs, QA/Test Engineers, and Product Owners.
• Document data maps, flow diagrams, transformation logic, SOPs, and error logs.

Skills

ETL development

Data engineering

Automation scripting

Troubleshooting

Cloud ingestion

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions in Huntsville, AL seeks a Data Migration Engineer to lead high-complexity ETL/ELT operations for a federal modernization program. The role involves architecting, operating, validating, and optimizing data migration pipelines moving petabyte-scale datasets from legacy environments to modern cloud platforms.

It's a full-time, onsite position. You will collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps, DBAs, QA, and Product Owners, document data flows, ensure data