ETL/Data Migration Engineer (Senior)

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Description of Task to be Performed:

AnaVation is seeking an experienced ETL/Data Migration Engineer (Senior) to join our growing Huntsville, Alabama-based work program. The selected candidate will lead high complexity extract, transform, and load (ETL) operations supporting a major federal modernization program. This role is responsible for architecting, operating, validating, and optimizing data migration pipelines that move high volume, multi-source datasets from legacy environments into modern cloud platforms. The engineer serves as a senior technical contributor within the Migration Workstream, ensuring data quality, performance, and reliability throughout large scale migration cycles.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

ETL Pipeline Architecture & Execution

Design, develop, optimize, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines supporting petabyte scale data migration.

Build extraction and transformation logic for structured and unstructured datasets.

Engineer automated workflows for performance, throughput, error handling, and resiliency.

Align pipeline architecture with cloud landing zone requirements and modernization standards.

Data Migration Operations

Lead operational execution of ETL tasks during migration cycles, ensuring correct sequencing and validation.

Troubleshoot pipeline failures, resolve data anomalies, and coordinate with engineering teams to stabilize operations.

Conduct readiness testing and verify integration points between legacy systems and cloud targets.

Data Quality, Validation & Governance

Perform detailed data quality checks, completeness assessments, and validation of migrated data.

Lead root cause analysis for data defects and support corrective actions across the migration workflow.

Document recurring issues, improve detection processes, and help define quality benchmarks.

Cross Functional Technical Collaboration

Partner with Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps teams, DBAs, QA/Test Engineers, and Product Owners.

Ensure ETL pipelines integrate seamlessly with cloud architectures, data models, monitoring tools, and downstream systems.

Participate in sprint ceremonies, technical reviews, and migration planning activities.

Documentation & Reporting

Create/maintain ETL documentation including data maps, flow diagrams, transformation logic, SOPs, and error logs.

Provide pipeline performance updates, migration status reports, and data quality metrics to leadership.

Support development of reusable processes and technical artifacts supporting repeatable migration operations.

This position requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a CI polygraph .

This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely .