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Sr. Data Migration SME

CGI
Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/7/2026
Position Description

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Data Migration IT Subject Matter Expert to lead the end to end migration of highly sensitive, mission critical datasets as part of a national priority modernization initiative. This senior expert will architect, oversee, and validate all technical aspects of migrating large scale, multi format data—including ELSUR/FISA holdings—from multiple legacy environments into a unified, secure, modern data platform.

This role plays a central part in ensuring accuracy, integrity, accessibility, and secure handling of historical mission data. The Senior IT SME will lead strategies that modernize legacy systems, preserve high value information, and guarantee seamless interoperability within new cloud enabled environments supporting long term mission success.

This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Your future duties and responsibilities

  • Lead the full lifecycle migration of sensitive mission data—including ELSUR/FISA—from multiple legacy systems and storage solutions into a consolidated, modern data platform.
  • Ensure the successful migration of all data, metadata, and user applied markings, preserving historical integrity and operational relevance.
  • Oversee the accurate, secure, and seamless transfer of structured, unstructured, audio, text, and multi format datasets into new cloud aligned environments.
  • Validate accessibility, searchability, and correct rendering of migrated data in the new system's UI, APIs, and analytic components.
  • Architect and refine ETL pipelines, data ingestion workflows, transformation logic, and metadata handling standards.
  • Engineer and evaluate database systems that support high volume mission data, complex metadata structures, lineage tracking, and compliance requirements.
  • Lead risk identification, mitigation, and quality assurance related to data integrity, security, and migration performance.
  • Collaborate with system owners, mission stakeholders, and cross functional engineering teams to ensure operational readiness and mission alignment.
  • Provide technical oversight, documentation, and validation required for Transition In, Technical Approach, RTM, and CVM deliverables.
  • Demonstrate, through work products and results, expertise developed from successful execution of large scale, enterprise migration projects

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

  • Active Top Secret clearance.
  • Due to the nature of this government contract, US Citizenship is required.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
  • 9 years of professional experience in data migration, data engineering, and enterprise database engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience executing large scale, multi system data migration projects, ideally involving complex metadata, markings, and sensitive data controls.
  • Expertise designing and operating ETL pipelines, ingestion frameworks, transformation logic, and multi tier data architectures.
  • Deep knowledge of data lineage, metadata propagation, marking preservation, and secure data handling workflows.

Desired qualifications/non essential skills required:

  • Experience migrating sensitive, multi format datasets in high security operational environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud based analytics platforms and managed database services.
  • Background in modernizing or refactoring legacy mission systems.

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 $198,400.00.

CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive insurance options
  • Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
  • Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
  • Paid parental leave
  • Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
  • Wellness and Well being programs

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Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

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All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.

CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.

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