Senior Data Migration Lead - AWS/Databricks Hybrid

Apex Systems; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 138,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K program with company match

ESPP

Job summary

Everforth Apex seeks a Data Migration Lead in Houston to guide enterprise-scale migrations from discovery through production cutover and stabilization. You will balance hands-on execution with technical leadership, shaping migration approaches and governance in a cloud-first environment.

The role collaborates with Databricks-centered analytics, Power BI reporting, and AWS data services, ensuring reliable data movement across transactional and analytical platforms while maintaining data quality

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading enterprise-scale database migrations end-to-end.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data/database technologies.
• Experience migrating data from SQL Server/Azure SQL to PostgreSQL-based environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data migration initiatives.
• Develop and improve runbooks, playbooks, standards, and repeatable processes.
• Provide day-to-day technical direction to Data Engineers during migration work.
• Plan mock migrations, production migrations, validation, cutover and stabilization.

Skills

AWS

PostgreSQL

Databricks

SQL

Data migration

Technical leadership

Tools

AWS DMS

SCT

Power BI

AWS Glue

S3

Job description

Everforth Apex seeks a Data Migration Lead in Houston to guide enterprise-scale migrations from discovery through production cutover and stabilization. You will balance hands-on execution with technical leadership, shaping migration approaches and governance in a cloud-first environment.

The role collaborates with Databricks-centered analytics, Power BI reporting, and AWS data services, ensuring reliable data movement across transactional and analytical platforms while maintaining data quality