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Information Technology/Data Warehouse Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Huntsville, AL
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AnaVation is seeking a highly experienced Information Technology/Data Warehousing Subject Matter Expert to support an enterprise-scale migration of legacy data into a secure commercial cloud solution. The selected candidate will play a key role on our technical team and will participate in the architecture, design, deployment, validation, and transition of legacy systems and data into a new secure, scalable, cloud-based data platform. The selected candidate will oversee the successful migration into the new data platform, ensure accessibility in the modernized system, and maintain secure handling of all sensitive information throughout the migration lifecycle. This role requires working onsite in customer spaces and regularly interfacing with government personnel at all levels. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in enterprise IT networks, data engineering, data migration, and secure cloud solutions within federal government environments. This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph. This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely. Required Qualifications:
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Before you apply
- Work authorization
- Citizens only
This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph
What you’ll work on
Full postingArchitect, design and deploy the new cloud data platform
Oversee migration of legacy data into the new platform
Ensure migrated data is accessible in the modernized system
Keep sensitive information secure throughout the migration
Run data validation, quality checks and reconciliation
From the employer’s posting
participate in the architecture, design, deployment, validation, and transition of legacy systems and data
oversee the successful migration into the new data platform
ensure accessibility in the modernized system
maintain secure handling of all sensitive information throughout the migration lifecycle
Experience planning and executing end-to-end data validation, quality checks, and data reconciliation.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Demonstrated expertise supporting successful large-scale, enterprise modernization or migration projects, preferably in a federal government environment.
- Experience performing accurate, secure, and seamless migration of sensitive data from multiple legacy systems into a modern cloud-based environment.
- Experience analyzing and extracting data, metadata, and user-applied markings from legacy applications and underlying storage solutions.
- Expertise designing and engineering storage solutions for both legacy and modern architectures.
- Experience planning and executing end-to-end data validation, quality checks, and data reconciliation.
- Ability to work on site in Huntsville, Alabama.
Preferred experience
- Familiarity with on-premises and cloud-based environments, with AWS preferred.
- Experience assessing and documenting results for systems, infrastructure, and applications in on- premises and cloud environments.
- Familiarity with data, metadata structures, and user-applied data markings or dissemination controls.
- Experience implementing auditability, lineage tracking, and traceability for migrated datasets.
Qualification wording
Demonstrated expertise supporting successful large-scale, enterprise modernization or migration projects, preferably in a federal government environment.
Experience performing accurate, secure, and seamless migration of sensitive data from multiple legacy systems into a modern cloud-based environment.
Experience analyzing and extracting data, metadata, and user-applied markings from legacy applications and underlying storage solutions.
Expertise designing and engineering storage solutions for both legacy and modern architectures.
Experience planning and executing end-to-end data validation, quality checks, and data reconciliation.
Ability to work on site in Huntsville, Alabama.
Familiarity with on-premises and cloud-based environments, with AWS preferred.
Experience assessing and documenting results for systems, infrastructure, and applications in on- premises and cloud environments.
Familiarity with data, metadata structures, and user-applied data markings or dissemination controls.
Experience implementing auditability, lineage tracking, and traceability for migrated datasets.
Education & alternatives
Required Qualifications: - Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field of study; or in lieu of education, five (5) years of additional documented experience that addresses all requirements of the position. - Minimum of 8 years of experience in Information Technology, Data Engineering, or Data Warehousing.
Benefits in the posting
Full benefits wording- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
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About Anavationllc
AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community.
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- Aug 27, 202671 days ago
- Recorded sightings
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- Last seen by us
- Nov 6, 2026
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
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Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Be Challenged and Make a Difference
In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.
Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a highly experienced Information Technology/Data Warehousing Subject Matter Expert to support an enterprise-scale migration of legacy data into a secure commercial cloud solution. The selected candidate will play a key role on our technical team and will participate in the architecture, design, deployment, validation, and transition of legacy systems and data into a new secure, scalable, cloud-based data platform. The selected candidate will oversee the successful migration into the new data platform, ensure accessibility in the modernized system, and maintain secure handling of all sensitive information throughout the migration lifecycle. This role requires working onsite in customer spaces and regularly interfacing with government personnel at all levels. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in enterprise IT networks, data engineering, data migration, and secure cloud solutions within federal government environments.
This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph. This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field of study; or in lieu of education, five (5) years of additional documented experience that addresses all requirements of the position.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in Information Technology, Data Engineering, or Data Warehousing.
- Demonstrated expertise supporting successful large-scale, enterprise modernization or migration projects, preferably in a federal government environment.
- Senior-level expertise in system modernization, data migration, data engineering, and engineering database systems.
- Experience performing accurate, secure, and seamless migration of sensitive data from multiple legacy systems into a modern cloud-based environment.
- Experience analyzing and extracting data, metadata, and user-applied markings from legacy applications and underlying storage solutions.
- Expertise designing and engineering storage solutions for both legacy and modern architectures.
- Familiarity with on-premises and cloud-based environments, with AWS preferred.
- Experience planning and executing end-to-end data validation, quality checks, and data reconciliation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly document requirements, findings, risks, and recommendations.
- Ability to work on site in Huntsville, Alabama.
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.
Preferred Qualifications:
- CompTIA Security+ , CISSP, CISM, or other industry standard certs.
- Working knowledge of operating systems, network security, and application security to support secure cloud implementations.
- Experience assessing and documenting results for systems, infrastructure, and applications in on- premises and cloud environments.
- Familiarity with data, metadata structures, and user-applied data markings or dissemination controls.
- Experience implementing auditability, lineage tracking, and traceability for migrated datasets.
- Strong understanding of security controls, risk mitigation, incident response, configuration management, and continuous monitoring practices.
- Experience with secure data transport mechanisms or multi-domain data handling considerations.
Benefits
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
About AnaVation
AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.
If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!
AnaVation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly document requirements, findings, risks, and recommendations. - Ability to work on site in Huntsville, Alabama. - Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.
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