Netezza Migration Engineer - Azure Remote

Kforce's client is seeking a remote hands-on Netezza Migration Engineer to support the migration and modernization of Netezza workloads onto Microsoft Azure. This role will assess existing environments, migrate large-scale datasets, convert SQL and database objects, validate data, and optimize performance in the Azure data platform.

Responsibilities:

• Assess existing Netezza environments, including schemas, tables, views, stored procedures, functions, data volumes, workloads, dependencies, and performance characteristics
• Develop migration plans for moving Netezza data warehouse workloads to Azure
• Analyze Netezza-specific architecture, including distribution keys, organize keys, zone maps, data skew, and workload patterns
• Convert Netezza SQL, DDL, views, stored procedures, and scripts into Azure-compatible SQL or modernized ELT patterns
• Design and execute data extraction, staging, loading, reconciliation, and validation processes
• Build or support migration pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines, Databricks, or equivalent tooling
• Validate migrated data using row counts, checksums, hash totals, control totals, sampling, and business-rule validation
• Tune performance in the target Azure environment, including distribution strategy, partitioning, statistics, indexing, query optimization, and workload management
• Partner with architects, DBAs, data engineers, application teams, and client stakeholders to identify migration risks and remediation needs
• Support test cycles, production cutover, rollback planning, and post-migration stabilization
• Document migration approach, technical decisions, runbooks, data validation results, and operational handoff materials