Data Platform Migration Lead

Overview

Data Platform Migration Lead —

Location:

Lat Am. Type of contract:
Contractor, temporary - TBD.

About Data Meaning
At Data Meaning, we help organizations turn data into actionable insights by delivering world-class solutions in Business Intelligence, Data Governance, and Analytics. Our consultants work across industries and geographies, enabling businesses to achieve impactful results.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Data Platform Migration Lead (“Quarterback”) to drive the end-to-end modernization of our customer’s data ecosystem. This role blends expert-level Data Vault 2.0 architecture
, Snowflake engineering
, legacy ETL retirement
, BI migration strategy
, and program leadership across multiple teams and vendors. The ideal candidate brings deep technical mastery combined with the ability to guide strategic decisions, evaluate tools, manage complex roadmaps, and orchestrate a multi-team delivery environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Informatica Retirement Initiative
• Own the migration plan from Informatica Cloud to a modern landing/replication solution.
• Reverse-engineer existing Informatica mappings and translate them into Snowflake SQL
  , dbt
  , or Erwin Data Vault structures.
• Redesign ingestion patterns to support a scalable, ELT-driven architecture.

Architect & Govern Data Vault 2.0 Implementation

• Lead the design of Raw Vault and Business Vault layers using Erwin DI or dbt
  .
• Define modeling standards, patterns, and automation practices.
• Ensure consistent adoption of DV2.0 principles across team.

• Rebuild core subject areas including GL, AR/AP, PO, Expenses, Time, Commissions
  .
• Align Business Vault outputs with downstream dimensional models and BI requirements.

Vendor Management & Tool Evaluation

• Lead evaluations of ingestion/replication tools, semantic layers, and BI platforms.
• Conduct pricing, roadmap, and capability discussions with vendors.
• Guide tool selection decisions aligned with strategic architecture goals.

• Direct sample dashboard migrations from Micro Strategy to Tableau or Power BI
  .
• Build cost and effort estimation models to support planning and budgeting.

Cross-Team Coordination & Program Leadership

• Align architectural decisions, timelines, and delivery expectations across distributed teams.
• Provide executive-level communication and ensure clear visibility into program progress.

• Expert-level Data Vault 2.0 (DV2) with hands-on hub/link/satellite modeling.
• Strong Snowflake engineering and architecture background.
• Demonstrated experience modernizing ETL → ELT pipelines.
• Proven ability to reverse-engineer Informatica Cloud mappings.
• Experience with ingestion/replication tools such as Fivetran, CData, Precog
  , etc.
• Erwin Data Modeler + Erwin DI automation experience.
• Exposure to dbt modeling (nice-to-have).
• Experience with semantic layers and BI tools:
  Tableau, Power BI, AtScale, Kyvos, Snowflake Semantic Views
  .
• 10+ years in data architecture, engineering, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience with BI migrations
  , especially Micro Strategy → Tableau/Power BI
  .
• Comfort working in cross-organizational architecture governance environments.
• Experience leading technology evaluations, vendor negotiations, and platform strategy.
• Strong delivery ownership and roadmap/program management skills.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional and distributed teams.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder engagement skills.