Job Title- Senior Technical Lead (Data Conversion & Oracle Architect) Part-Time Consultant
Project Location โ Remote (but local to Sacramento, CA for some periodically onsite)
Duration- 2-3+ months contract
Visa- USC/ GC
Position Overview: Seeking a highly experienced Senior Technical Lead to provide strategic guidance and technical leadership for a large-scale data conversion and modernization initiative. This role focuses on planning and executing the migration of legacy system data into a modern platform, ensuring data integrity, quality, and alignment with business processes.
This is aย part-time consulting engagementย requiring deep expertise in data conversion strategy, database architecture, and enterprise system modernization.
Work Schedule & Commitment
- Part-time engagement (~425 total hours)
- Standard working hours:ย Monday Friday, 8:00 AM 5:00 PM (as needed)
- Flexible scheduling within business hours
- Occasional after-hours work may be required (pre-approved)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead data conversion strategy, planning, and execution for legacy system modernization
- Analyze existing data structures and define transformation and migration approaches
- Develop detailed data mapping documentation and conversion rules
- Design and implement ETL pipelines for data extraction, transformation, and loading
- Identify data quality issues and define cleansing and validation processes
- Develop data conversion strategies, roadmaps, and implementation plans
- Create technical documentation, reports, and executive-level presentations
- Collaborate with stakeholders, SMEs, and technical teams to ensure alignment
- Identify risks and recommend mitigation strategies throughout the conversion process
Required Qualifications
- Minimumย 8+ years of experienceย aligning IT systems with business processes
- At leastย 5+ years in a technical lead or leadership role
- Strong experience withย data conversion, data mapping, and ETL processes
- Experience working withย legacy data environments and system modernization efforts
- Advanced experience withย Oracle databases (9i 12c)
- Strongย PL/SQL developmentย experience (stored procedures, performance tuning)
- Experience withย database modeling (logical and physical)
- Proven experience developingย technical documentation and conversion strategies
- Bachelor s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience withย ADABAS Natural environments and data extraction
- Experience withย Oracle RAC (developer and/or DBA)
- Experience withย data quality management and data cleansing frameworks
- Familiarity withย ETL tools and automation frameworks
- Experience working withย government or highly regulated environments
- Certifications such asย Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)ย orย PMP
- Experience working withย varied data sources (spreadsheets, CSV, Access, APIs, etc.)
ย What Weโre Looking For
- Strong strategic thinker with hands-on technical depth
- Ability to operate independently in a consulting capacity
- Excellent documentation and communication skills
- Experience leading complex data initiatives from planning through execution