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# ETL Data Migration Engineer Sr.

- **Company:** Zachary Piper
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Big Data, Cloud Database, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, Data Cleansing, Data Conversion, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Mapping, Data Transformation, Data Migration, Data Mining, Data Retrieval, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, SQL Databases, Unstructured Data, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Data Ingestion, Delivery Pipeline, Cloud Migration, Data Pipelines, Devsecops, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9202143/etl-data-migration-engineer-sr

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in ETL/ELT development, data engineering, data integration, or enterprise-scale data migration, with a Bachelor's degree required
 * Strong hands-on experience designing and operating ETL/ELT pipelines, automation frameworks, and high-volume data processing workflows
 * Experience extracting data from legacy systems, transforming multiple data formats, and ingesting data into cloud-based target environments
 * Strong scripting, troubleshooting, pipeline diagnostics, and root cause analysis experience within complex data environments
 * Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance, * Experience supporting petabyte-scale data migrations, multi-system consolidation, or large-scale federal modernization initiatives
 * Experience developing or operating ETL/ELT pipelines within AWS or other cloud environments
 * Familiarity with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, distributed data processing, and automated testing
 * Advanced scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar technologies
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Clearance, Federal Government, National Security, DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, Huntsville, Huntsville AL, Alabama

## Description

The ETL Data Migration Engineer Senior will design, optimize, and support high-volume ETL/ELT pipelines responsible for moving complex datasets from legacy systems into secure cloud environments. This is an opportunity to play a key technical role in modernizing critical government systems by improving the performance, reliability, and quality of large-scale data migration operations supporting high-impact national missions., * Design, develop, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines used to extract, transform, and migrate high-volume structured and unstructured datasets into cloud environments

 * Build and automate data workflows focused on pipeline performance, throughput, resiliency, error handling, and repeatable migration execution
 * Troubleshoot ETL pipeline failures and data anomalies, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions to improve data quality and operational reliability
 * Collaborate with cloud engineers, data engineers, DBAs, DevSecOps, QA, and product teams to validate integration points and ensure migration pipelines align with target architectures
 * Develop and maintain data mappings, transformation specifications, process documentation, performance metrics, error logs, and other technical artifacts supporting migration operations


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