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ITC Federal, Inc lists this Data Migration Engineer - Top-Secret opportunity in huntsville, Alabama. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Data Migration Engineer - Top-Secret
Location
US-AL-Huntsville
ID
Remote
No
Overview
JOB TITLE: Senior Data Migration Engineer
GOVERNMENT AGENCY : FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
POSITION INFORMATION : Full-Time Position; Government contractor supporting the FBI
LOCATION: Huntsville, AL (Onsite)
BENEFITS: Health, Dental and Vision, 401(k), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), 11 Paid Federal Holidays, PTO, education reimbursement
ITC Federal, LLC (ITC) connects technology advancements in automation and AI, customer experience, and financial services to solve government mission challenges, enabling smoother operational efficiency and bolstering national security. We leverage the latest technology innovations and proven approaches to better serve the mission and support the DHS, DOJ, and DoW workforce, customers, and programs, regardless of scale or complexity. ITC is located in Fairfax, VA and offers outstanding compensation and benefits plan and a challenging and rewarding professional work environment.
ITC is seeking a Senior Data Migration Engineer to lead complex data extraction, transformation, validation, and migration activities within a major FBI modernization program. The engineer will support petabyte-scale data transition efforts, ensuring accuracy, completeness, security, and performance in moving structured and unstructured datasets from legacy environments to modern cloud-based architectures. This senior role provides technical leadership, develops advanced migration strategies, mentors mid-level engineers, and ensures alignment with architecture, security, and mission requirements.
Responsibilities
Advanced Data Migration & ETL Leadership
Lead development, enhancement, and optimization of ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale, multi-source data migration.
Perform complex data extraction, transformation, governance, and cleansing activities supporting high-volume data flows.
Design data mapping frameworks and transformation logic for legacy-to-cloud migration.
Guide automation improvements to increase pipeline throughput, resiliency, and repeatability.
Data Quality, Validation & Issue Resolution
Conduct advanced data integrity analysis, completeness checks, anomaly detection, and error remediation.
Support and lead quality verification for incoming and migrated datasets.
Collaborate with QA/test engineering teams to embed automated validation within pipeline operations.
Technical Collaboration & Integration
Coordinate with Cloud Engineers, DevSecOps teams, Data Engineers, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters to ensure alignment across technical workstreams.
Support readiness testing for migration events, legacy system retirements, and cloud landing zone configuration.
Participate in technical design reviews, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and integration checkpoints.
Migration Strategy & Leadership
Provide guidance to mid-level engineers on data migration methods, ETL tools, best practices, and troubleshooting.
Develop and refine reusable templates, mapping documents, and procedural artifacts.
Proactively identify risks impacting migration success and propose mitigation strategies.
Documentation, Reporting & Compliance
Create detailed migration documentation, including mapping specifications, data dictionaries, flow diagrams, and SOPs.
Contribute to migration status reporting, dashboard updates, and operational metrics.
Ensure alignment with federal data governance, security, and handling requirements.
Qualifications
REQUIRED:
8+ years of hands-on experience in data migration, ETL development, or large-scale data engineering.
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited University, required
Expertise in structured/unstructured data transformation, cleansing, and validation.
Experience designing and operating advanced ETL/ELT pipelines.
Familiarity with cloud migration (AWS preferred), big data tooling, and automation.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to support complex, high-volume migration operations.
PREFERRED:
Experience with petabyte-scale data migrations or multi-system consolidation.
Background supporting DOJ, FBI, IC, or national security modernization programs.
Experience with DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD workflows, or automated testing frameworks.
Advanced knowledge of scripting languages, distributed compute tools, or cloud-native ETL services.
SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Must have an active Top Secret (TS) security clearance.
U.S. Citizenship is required due to the nature of this government contract.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Candidate must be able to function in general office environment.
ITC Federal is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any application for employment on the basis of age, race, color, gender, national origin, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military status, disability, or sex including pregnancy and childbirth or related medical condition or on any other basis prohibited by law.
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