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Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors. As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment. Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.
The Role
The Senior Migration Architect will be a leading member of the Veeva Systems Professional Services group providing migration solutions on project teams implementing Veeva Vault R&D applications and Vault Platform cloud solutions to companies in the life sciences industry. The Senior Migration Architect will lead customer migration implementations by providing expertise with data and document content migration, Vault API, Vault migration tools, and Vault Platform best practices. The Senior Migration Consultant is a customer advocate working closely with other Veeva teams (Services, Product, Sales, Strategy) to ensure customer success today and in the future. This is a remote, full-time permanent role with Veeva. Qualified U.S. and Canada-based applicants who are in close proximity to an airport and able to meet travel requirements are encouraged to apply.
- Provide subject matter expertise on the Vault R&D migration implementation, including the migration of document content and object data from legacy systems to Vault
- Advise customers on the extract, transform, and load (ETL) process
- Mentor Veeva Data Migration Specialists on migration activities and best practices
- Contribute to our Professional Services knowledge base to build a migration program
- Provide guidance and subject-matter-expertise on migration tool development for the ETL process
- Assist in project scoping estimates for the Vault R&D product suite
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience with document/content migration experience with enterprise content management systems (Documentum, OpenText, Box, SharePoint, etc.)
- 7+ years of experience in implementation or data migration or integration consulting with enterprise software systems (SAP, Salesforce.com, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Trackwise, Argus, ArisGlobal, etc.)
- 7+ years of experience with customer-facing technical consulting experience
- Advanced-level skills with SQL and databases
- Advanced-level skills with Python/Java, REST APIs
- Proven track record meeting with senior management and executives as the subject matter expert
- Experience leading and mentoring team members
- Ability to travel up to 10%
- Must be both located in and legally authorized to be employed in the United States or Canada
Nice to Have
- Experience in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry
- Experience with Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, or Safety business processes
- Project Management experience for enterprise software implementations
- Experience with GxP and software validation regulations
- Experience with migration verification process
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $90,000 - $185,000
- The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.
Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world. Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at talent_accommodations@veeva.com.
Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors. As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment. Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.
The Role
The Senior Migration Architect will be a leading member of the Veeva Systems Professional Services group providing migration solutions on project teams implementing Veeva Vault R&D applications and Vault Platform cloud solutions to companies in the life sciences industry. The Senior Migration Architect will lead customer migration implementations by providing expertise with data and document content migration, Vault API, Vault migration tools, and Vault Platform best practices. The Senior Migration Consultant is a customer advocate working closely with other Veeva teams (Services, Product, Sales, Strategy) to ensure customer success today and in the future. This is a remote, full-time permanent role with Veeva. Qualified U.S. and Canada-based applicants who are in close proximity to an airport and able to meet travel requirements are encouraged to apply.
- Provide subject matter expertise on the Vault R&D migration implementation, including the migration of document content and object data from legacy systems to Vault
- Advise customers on the extract, transform, and load (ETL) process
- Mentor Veeva Data Migration Specialists on migration activities and best practices
- Contribute to our Professional Services knowledge base to build a migration program
- Provide guidance and subject-matter-expertise on migration tool development for the ETL process
- Assist in project scoping estimates for the Vault R&D product suite
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience with document/content migration experience with enterprise content management systems (Documentum, OpenText, Box, SharePoint, etc.)
- 7+ years of experience in implementation or data migration or integration consulting with enterprise software systems (SAP, Salesforce.com, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Trackwise, Argus, ArisGlobal, etc.)
- 7+ years of experience with customer-facing technical consulting experience
- Advanced-level skills with SQL and databases
- Advanced-level skills with Python/Java, REST APIs
- Proven track record meeting with senior management and executives as the subject matter expert
- Experience leading and mentoring team members
- Ability to travel up to 10%
- Must be both located in and legally authorized to be employed in the United States or Canada
Nice to Have
- Experience in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry
- Experience with Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, or Safety business processes
- Project Management experience for enterprise software implementations
- Experience with GxP and software validation regulations
- Experience with migration verification process
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $90,000 - $185,000
- The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.
Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world. Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at talent_accommodations@veeva.com.
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Veeva Systems8
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)6
- Princeton IT Services1
- Procom Services America1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software15
- Healthcare & Medical Services2
- Consulting & Professional Services1
- Staffing & Recruiting1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in data migration consultant jobs.
- Experience designing and executing end-to-end data migration projects for enterprise systems
- Hands-on proficiency with ETL tools such as Informatica, Talend, AWS Glue, or Azure Data Factory
- Strong SQL skills for data extraction, transformation, validation, and reconciliation
- Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical field
- Experience writing data mapping documents, migration runbooks, and cutover plans
Tips for Your Data Migration Consultant Job Search
Tailor your resume to migration tools
Generic IT resumes get screened out fast. List the specific platforms you've worked with, such as AWS Database Migration Service, Azure Data Factory, or Informatica, and pair each with the data volume or system complexity you handled. Hiring managers scan for exact tool names.
Quantify data quality outcomes on your resume
Employers care about what happened after the migration, not just that it ran. Replace phrases like 'led data migration' with specifics about error rates reduced, downtime avoided, or reconciliation cycles cut. That framing answers the question every job description is actually asking.
Filter openings by engagement model
Data migration consultant roles split between project-based contracts, staff augmentation, and full-time internal positions, each with different day-to-day scope. Identify which model fits your working style before applying, then look for that signal in the job description or company type.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists data migration consultant openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a walkthrough of one full migration lifecycle
Interviewers reliably ask you to walk through a migration you owned end to end, from discovery and schema mapping through cutover and validation. Have one detailed example ready before your first screen. Vague answers at this stage eliminate candidates quickly.
Negotiate scope before accepting a rate
Offers for consultant roles often come with ambiguous scope that expands after you start. Before accepting, clarify what systems are in scope, who owns data quality issues upstream, and whether post-go-live support is included. Those factors affect how realistic the timeline and the compensation actually are.
Data Migration Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most data migration consultants?
The companies hiring the most data migration consultants right now include Veeva Systems, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Princeton IT Services, with the largest share of openings in Washington, Tennessee, and Missouri, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is concentrated at consultancies and systems integrators managing large-scale ERP and cloud adoption projects for enterprise clients.
How many data migration consultant jobs are remote?
About 50% of data migration consultant openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting the tool-driven nature of the work. Discovery, schema mapping, and ETL development phases tend to be the most remote-friendly, while cutover weekends and hypercare periods often require on-site presence at the client's data center or office.
How do you become a data migration consultant?
Start by building practical SQL and ETL skills through hands-on projects, then move into a junior data analyst or database administrator role where you can work on real migration tasks. Gain experience with at least one major cloud platform, document a full migration you contributed to, and pursue a relevant certification such as AWS Certified Database or Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate to formalize your credentials for consulting roles.
Can you get a data migration consultant job with little experience?
Yes, entry points exist through junior data analyst, ETL developer, or database support roles where migration work is part of the job. Build a portfolio by completing a documented migration project on your own or in an open-source context, learn one widely used ETL tool thoroughly, and target smaller consulting firms or internal IT teams at mid-size companies, which are more willing to hire candidates who show technical ability over years of consulting experience.
What does the data migration consultant interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter or hiring manager screen focused on tool experience and project scale, followed by a technical interview where you walk through a migration lifecycle you owned. Expect questions on data mapping, conflict resolution between source and target schemas, and how you handled data quality issues mid-migration. Final rounds often include a case study or whiteboard exercise involving a migration scenario specific to the company's tech stack.
Where can I find and apply to data migration consultant jobs?
You can find and apply to data migration consultant jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and target industry, then apply directly to each listing. There's no separate step to complete before applying.
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