Lead Data Migration – Archival, DR Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete strategy and execution of data migration and archival tasks for the CMM program's data infrastructure.

• Assist in the migration of case history during the onboarding process for courts.

• Manage the lifecycle and retention of data.

• Develop, test, and execute disaster recovery and high-availability strategies, which include automated failover and disaster recovery drills.

• Facilitate the implementation of a scalable, secure, cloud-based data platform for operational data, reporting, and analytics.

• Create and document data migration flows, structures, standards, and ensure alignment with governance.

• Design multi-tenant cloud environments that support hybrid/on-premises systems and databases such as SQL, NoSQL, IaaS, PaaS, distributed SQL, multimodal, and event-driven databases.

• Keep architecture diagrams, migration, archival, and disaster recovery metrics under version control.

• Collaborate with teams in Data Governance, Security, Application Development, Business Intelligence, data engineering, and business analysis.

• Assess tools and software for data migration, archival, and disaster recovery processes.

• Implement databases, document storage, indexing services, schemas, secure data APIs, and infrastructure as code.

• Configure metadata structures, workflows, automation, security settings, ingestion processes, and catalog attributes.

• Develop training materials, job aids, and communications to support user adoption.

• Convert requirements into data structures and assist with model-driven ETL/ELT processes.

• Maintain naming conventions, data models, metadata, lineage, and documentation.

• Ensure data quality through testing, validation, reconciliation, and architecture reviews.

• Produce documentation that is audit-ready for migration, archival, and disaster recovery models and decisions.

• Create migration readiness checklists that encompass profiling, mapping, testing, anomaly handling, and rollback procedures.

• Formulate archival strategies that include archive creation, migration, storage tiers, retention schedules, and access controls.

• Implement batch and real-time data exchanges with Judiciary systems.

• Migrate documents from legacy CM/ECF storage to CMM cloud storage during the onboarding of courts.

• Establish automated processes for archival, retention, purging, backup, and encryption.

• Lead and mentor the Data Migration Engineer.

• Validate data integrity, referential accuracy, and completeness of the audit trail, aiming for at least 99.5% error-free records per migration event.

• Maintain ongoing backup validation and coordinate rollback procedures.

• Align migration and archival designs with the Cloud Data Architect/Data Modeler and Lead Data Engineer.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

• MA/MS degree with 10+ years of general information systems experience and 8+ years of specialized experience, or equivalent alternatives: high school diploma with 16+ years, AA/AS with 14+ years, BA/BS with 12+ years, or Doctorate/Ph.D. with 9+ years.

• Extensive experience in designing data architecture utilizing AWS data services and modern application patterns.

• Proven experience in establishing operational data governance frameworks that ensure integrity, cost efficiency, and resilience.

• Familiarity with implementing ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, and downstream consumption layers for Business Intelligence, data products, and AI/ML.

• Demonstrated expertise in developing data migration and archival strategies, including source-to-target mapping, profiling, anomaly handling, and rollback planning.

• Practical experience in designing and testing disaster recovery and high-availability architectures, including automated failover and DR drills.

• Knowledge of policy-driven, encrypted backup and archival processes, as well as multi-tier storage/retention strategies.

• Strong skills in SQL, NoSQL, GraphDB, and data validation.

• Experience in building automated checks for data integrity and audit trails.

• Familiarity with tools such as AWS DMS, AWS Backup, Azure Site Recovery, or similar solutions.

• Experience in government, public sector, Judiciary, or court information systems is highly preferred.

• Excellent documentation and communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

• Ability to obtain and maintain necessary government facility access or suitability determination.

• Strong oral and written communication and presentation abilities.

• Capacity to identify and apply industry tools, solutions, methods, best practices, and emerging technologies.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.

• Preferred certifications include CDMP, Snowflake SnowPro Advanced, Databricks Certified Data Professional, AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, or AWS Certified Data Engineer.

• US citizenship is not a requirement.

• Security clearance is not required.

🏝️ Benefits

• A variety of medical plan options, including those with Health Savings Accounts.

• Options for dental plans.

• Vision plan options available.

• Participation in a 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions up to IRS annual limits, along with company matching.

• Flexible work weeks where feasible.

• Time off for vacation, sick leave, and personal matters.

• Paid holidays included.

• Paid parental leave offered.

• Military leave available.

• Bereavement leave provided.

• Jury duty leave supported.

• Typically, 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees.

• Typically, an additional 10 paid holidays per year.

• Eligible employees may receive up to 160 hours of Paid Family Leave within a rolling 12-month period.

• Benefits for short- and long-term disability.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance provided.

• Personal accident insurance available.

• Critical illness insurance offered.

• Insurance for business travel and accidents.

• Options for remote work available.

• Identity verification process utilizing advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence.