Senior Data Migration Lead

Salary: $166,400 - 176,800 per year Requirements:

• We need 12-15 years of enterprise-level experience in data migration, ETL engineering, database development, and data conversion.
• We are looking for a proven background leading data workstreams for large-scale application separations, carve-outs, or divestitures.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and relational database platforms such as SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL is required.
• We need demonstrated experience working with complex data models, referential integrity constraints, and parent/child object dependencies.
• Experience designing and running data validation frameworks, control totals, and reconciliation processes is required.
• Preferred experience includes managing both structured database migrations and unstructured document or file repositories.
• Hands-on experience building specialized data purging tools and automated archival scripts is preferred.
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting technical progress and risk metrics to executive stakeholders are preferred.
• A bachelors degree is listed as the education requirement.

• We lead data discovery and profiling across databases, file repositories, and interfaces to identify migration, archival, and purging needs.
• We translate business purge and retention policies into technical rules, filters, and SQL scripts that can be executed.
• We analyze complex parent/child data relationships and referential integrity to reduce the risk of data loss or corruption during migration.
• We design, build, and execute ETL/ELT processes, stored procedures, APIs, and custom migration utilities.
• We establish pre- and post-purge validation, control totals, and data reconciliation frameworks.
• We oversee end-to-end migration execution, mock cutovers, SIT/UAT support, and post-go-live hypercare troubleshooting.

• ETL
• Support
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• SQL

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We are hiring a Senior Data Migration & Purging Lead for a telecommute contract role with standard work hours from 8am to 5pm. In this position, we guide and execute the technical separation, archiving, and migration of critical R&D applications while partnering with enterprise application owners, R&D engineering SMEs, and database teams. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, life insurance, short-term disability, and a 401(k) plan, with pay based on factors such as education, experience, work location, job duties, and certifications. We are an equal opportunity employer and support accommodations during the hiring process.

last updated 38 week of 2026