Senior Data Migration & Modernization Lead

Guidehouse; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a senior data modernization leader to drive end-to-end migration strategy across complex systems and cloud platforms. You will coordinate with business and IT stakeholders to establish governance, waves, and readiness for enterprise data programs.

The role requires extensive experience in data migration, lakehouse architectures, and Databricks, with a proven ability to advise executives and align delivery roadmaps with strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading enterprise data modernization, migration, or analytics programs.
• Experience guiding data migration across complex source systems and processes.
• Knowledge of lakehouse architectures, data products, governance, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data workstream and migration strategy.
• Define rationalization criteria and migration waves with governance gates.
• Oversee migration execution across Databricks architecture and deployment phases.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across business, IT, and governance.
• Establish repeatable operating models, gates, metrics, and lessons learned.

Skills

Data modernization

Migration strategy

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Data governance

DataOps

Cloud platforms

Executive advisory

Education

Bachelor's degree in data engineering / CS / information systems / engineering

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a senior data modernization leader to drive end-to-end migration strategy across complex systems and cloud platforms. You will coordinate with business and IT stakeholders to establish governance, waves, and readiness for enterprise data programs.

The role requires extensive experience in data migration, lakehouse architectures, and Databricks, with a proven ability to advise executives and align delivery roadmaps with strategic objectives.