WILLIAM W PROFESSIONAL STAFFING
Albany, New York
Job Description Job Description Lead Data Specialist - Data Migration & ETL Location: Albany, NY - Hybrid Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week Contract Duration: 30 months Anticipated Start Date: October 20, 2026 Application Deadline: October 2, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Direct applicants only. No third-party submissions. No corp-to-corp arrangements. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Specialist to support a large-scale modernization of health and human services technology. This role will lead data requirements, source-to-target mapping, migration development, and validation to support a successful transition from legacy systems. The ideal candidate combines strong SQL and ETL development skills with experience translating complex business requirements into accurate, well-documented data solutions. Work Arrangement Remote work exceeding 50% of scheduled hours, potentially up to 100%, may be approved by the direct manager. Arrangements are subject to change based on project needs. Candidates approved for fully remote work must attend monthly in-person meetings in Albany and additional major milestone meetings as needed. Responsibilities Collaborate with subject matter experts, business analysts, and development teams to gather, document, and validate data requirements. Develop and maintain source-to-target mappings, including transformation logic and target data requirements. Analyze, document, and validate source-system metadata. Design, develop, and test ETL processes for migration into target systems, data warehouses, and data marts. Develop and test UNIX shell scripts and SQL queries; tune query performance during data loads and transformations. Define data profiling, cleansing, and transformation rules; coordinate profiling and cleansing activities with business users. Interpret profiling results, communicate findings, and resolve data quality and consistency issues. Document data synchronization and bridging requirements and support data conversion quality assurance testing. Required Qualifications More than seven years working on complex projects, including at least two years in a leadership role as a specialist . More than seven years working on data conversion or data warehouse projects involving metadata analysis, source-to-target mapping, profiling, cleansing, target-system requirements, synchronization, bridging, and conversion testing. Experience must include UNIX shell scripting and query performance tuning during data loads and transformations. More than seven years supporting the full software development life cycle as a Data Analyst and ETL Developer on data warehousing or integration projects, from requirements through deployment. Strong experience writing SQL for relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, and developing ETL processes using industry-standard tools or approaches such as Informatica, T-SQL, PL/SQL, or PL/pgSQL. Preferred Qualifications Three or more years supporting government or public-sector data systems. Experience migrating legacy systems to modern platforms. Strong knowledge of staging, dimensional modeling, data warehouses, and data marts. Five or more years working with data quality processes, measurement techniques, business cases, profiling, cleansing, standardization, and match-and-merge functionality. Working knowledge of Python for data processing or automation. Experience supporting quality assurance and user acceptance testing for data conversion. Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and nontechnical audiences. Application Requirements An updated résumé with your full legal first and last name, phone number, email address, and complete education details, including institution, major, and graduation year. Professional references with contact information. Your current city and state, relocation constraints, and ability to attend required Albany meetings. Your availability to begin the assignment. Candidates must complete an approximately 30-minute technical screening through Microsoft Teams with the camera on, identity verification, and verification of relevant employment history, education, credentials, and references. Interviews will be conducted by video conference. Company Description William W. Professional Staffing LLC (WWPS) is a woman-owned staffing and workforce solutions company established in 2008. WWPS connects qualified professionals with contract, temporary, and direct-hire opportunities across government, technology, healthcare administration, finance, human resources, and professional services. We are committed to responsive communication, ethical recruiting, and creating successful partnerships between skilled candidates and our clients. Company Description William W. Professional Staffing LLC (WWPS) is a woman-owned staffing and workforce solutions company established in 2008. WWPS connects qualified professionals with contract, temporary, and direct-hire opportunities across government, technology, healthcare administration, finance, human resources, and professional services. We are committed to responsive communication, ethical recruiting, and creating successful partnerships between skilled candidates and our clients.
Job Description Job Description Lead Data Specialist - Data Migration & ETL Location: Albany, NY - Hybrid Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week Contract Duration: 30 months Anticipated Start Date: October 20, 2026 Application Deadline: October 2, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Direct applicants only. No third-party submissions. No corp-to-corp arrangements. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Specialist to support a large-scale modernization of health and human services technology. This role will lead data requirements, source-to-target mapping, migration development, and validation to support a successful transition from legacy systems. The ideal candidate combines strong SQL and ETL development skills with experience translating complex business requirements into accurate, well-documented data solutions. Work Arrangement Remote work exceeding 50% of scheduled hours, potentially up to 100%, may be approved by the direct manager. Arrangements are subject to change based on project needs. Candidates approved for fully remote work must attend monthly in-person meetings in Albany and additional major milestone meetings as needed. Responsibilities Collaborate with subject matter experts, business analysts, and development teams to gather, document, and validate data requirements. Develop and maintain source-to-target mappings, including transformation logic and target data requirements. Analyze, document, and validate source-system metadata. Design, develop, and test ETL processes for migration into target systems, data warehouses, and data marts. Develop and test UNIX shell scripts and SQL queries; tune query performance during data loads and transformations. Define data profiling, cleansing, and transformation rules; coordinate profiling and cleansing activities with business users. Interpret profiling results, communicate findings, and resolve data quality and consistency issues. Document data synchronization and bridging requirements and support data conversion quality assurance testing. Required Qualifications More than seven years working on complex projects, including at least two years in a leadership role as a specialist . More than seven years working on data conversion or data warehouse projects involving metadata analysis, source-to-target mapping, profiling, cleansing, target-system requirements, synchronization, bridging, and conversion testing. Experience must include UNIX shell scripting and query performance tuning during data loads and transformations. More than seven years supporting the full software development life cycle as a Data Analyst and ETL Developer on data warehousing or integration projects, from requirements through deployment. Strong experience writing SQL for relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, and developing ETL processes using industry-standard tools or approaches such as Informatica, T-SQL, PL/SQL, or PL/pgSQL. Preferred Qualifications Three or more years supporting government or public-sector data systems. Experience migrating legacy systems to modern platforms. Strong knowledge of staging, dimensional modeling, data warehouses, and data marts. Five or more years working with data quality processes, measurement techniques, business cases, profiling, cleansing, standardization, and match-and-merge functionality. Working knowledge of Python for data processing or automation. Experience supporting quality assurance and user acceptance testing for data conversion. Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and nontechnical audiences. Application Requirements An updated résumé with your full legal first and last name, phone number, email address, and complete education details, including institution, major, and graduation year. Professional references with contact information. Your current city and state, relocation constraints, and ability to attend required Albany meetings. Your availability to begin the assignment. Candidates must complete an approximately 30-minute technical screening through Microsoft Teams with the camera on, identity verification, and verification of relevant employment history, education, credentials, and references. Interviews will be conducted by video conference. Company Description William W. Professional Staffing LLC (WWPS) is a woman-owned staffing and workforce solutions company established in 2008. WWPS connects qualified professionals with contract, temporary, and direct-hire opportunities across government, technology, healthcare administration, finance, human resources, and professional services. We are committed to responsive communication, ethical recruiting, and creating successful partnerships between skilled candidates and our clients. Company Description William W. Professional Staffing LLC (WWPS) is a woman-owned staffing and workforce solutions company established in 2008. WWPS connects qualified professionals with contract, temporary, and direct-hire opportunities across government, technology, healthcare administration, finance, human resources, and professional services. We are committed to responsive communication, ethical recruiting, and creating successful partnerships between skilled candidates and our clients.
Waymo
Remote, Oregon
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's Most Experienced Driver -to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states. The Software Quality Operations (SWQOPS) team is at the heart of ensuring the safety, reliability, and quality of the Waymo Driver. Our mission is to build an adaptable and scalable operation, increasingly powered by AI, to deliver the crucial insights necessary to confidently deploy and grow Waymo's autonomous vehicle service. Waymo is experiencing unprecedented growth, rapidly expanding into new cities and launching new vehicle platforms. SWQOps, particularly our TechnicalSpecialists, are critical to this expansion, enabling us to scale safely and efficiently. Why this team is Essential to Waymo's Success: In this role you will: Partner with Engineering to design, test, and deploy cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) and Generative AI (Gen-AI) models and tools to drive step-change improvements in issue discovery & detection, triage efficiency, and quality assurance. Leverage AI-powered insights and traditional triage signals to proactively identify emerging on-road issue trends, new risk scenarios, and edge cases. Develop and refine data-driven strategies for issue discovery and monitoring, enhanced by ML model outputs Serve as the key link between AI/ML development and operational execution. Define and document new policies, guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that integrate AI tools and insights into daily vendor workflows. Design and implement robust quality control processes for both human and AI-generated outputs. Perform meta-quality checks, validate the integrity of vendor work, and provide feedback to improve both human and model performance. Act as the subject matter expert for our Software Quality Operations, working closely with stakeholders, program leads, and vendor teams to ensure seamless adoption and maximum impact of AI/ML advancements in our quality processes. Be the trusted source for creating and updating technical policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for new scopes, platforms, and driving signals Provide technical leadership and consultation to stakeholders to enhance our workflows and quality. You'll be at the forefront of identifying and escalating issues with our tools, providing technical requirements to engineering, and driving user testing to support the development and deployment of new tooling features. A proven ability to work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment while maintaining good judgment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with a wide range of individuals in a diverse and dynamic work environment. You have: BS/BA degree or 4 years of relevant work experience in AV Software Quality Operations Increased competency in supporting all phases of the machine learning development lifecycle, from data preparation and training to validation, deployment, and continuous monitoring. Experience with ML testing and validation, including dataset quality assurance, bias detection, edge-case scenario testing, and performance evaluation using statistical metrics. Ability to quickly learn and implement new concepts and utilize proprietary tools. Strong understanding of driving rules and regulations. Must have the ability to provide occasional on-call availability for evenings, weekends, and holidays, as well as the flexibility to attend meetings outside of standard hours to collaborate with our global team. We prefer: Demonstrated strong execution with ability to drive outcomes. Experience working with offshore teams / multiple local operations hubs. Basic SQL querying. Competency in LLM / transformer models, and / or ML for robotics domain experience. A greater focus on using your subject matter expertise for results analysis and direct customer consultation in the development of new and improved. solutions. Self-motivated with basic skills in task planning and time management. In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include: Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary) Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks Holidays: 13 paid days per year (Remote jobs only - Please note that Waymo may not be able to employ remotely in all locations. Please speak with your recruiter about your preferred location for remote work when you begin the interview process. The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements. Salary Range $130,000-$160,000 USD
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's Most Experienced Driver -to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states. The Software Quality Operations (SWQOPS) team is at the heart of ensuring the safety, reliability, and quality of the Waymo Driver. Our mission is to build an adaptable and scalable operation, increasingly powered by AI, to deliver the crucial insights necessary to confidently deploy and grow Waymo's autonomous vehicle service. Waymo is experiencing unprecedented growth, rapidly expanding into new cities and launching new vehicle platforms. SWQOps, particularly our TechnicalSpecialists, are critical to this expansion, enabling us to scale safely and efficiently. Why this team is Essential to Waymo's Success: In this role you will: Partner with Engineering to design, test, and deploy cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) and Generative AI (Gen-AI) models and tools to drive step-change improvements in issue discovery & detection, triage efficiency, and quality assurance. Leverage AI-powered insights and traditional triage signals to proactively identify emerging on-road issue trends, new risk scenarios, and edge cases. Develop and refine data-driven strategies for issue discovery and monitoring, enhanced by ML model outputs Serve as the key link between AI/ML development and operational execution. Define and document new policies, guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that integrate AI tools and insights into daily vendor workflows. Design and implement robust quality control processes for both human and AI-generated outputs. Perform meta-quality checks, validate the integrity of vendor work, and provide feedback to improve both human and model performance. Act as the subject matter expert for our Software Quality Operations, working closely with stakeholders, program leads, and vendor teams to ensure seamless adoption and maximum impact of AI/ML advancements in our quality processes. Be the trusted source for creating and updating technical policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for new scopes, platforms, and driving signals Provide technical leadership and consultation to stakeholders to enhance our workflows and quality. You'll be at the forefront of identifying and escalating issues with our tools, providing technical requirements to engineering, and driving user testing to support the development and deployment of new tooling features. A proven ability to work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment while maintaining good judgment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with a wide range of individuals in a diverse and dynamic work environment. You have: BS/BA degree or 4 years of relevant work experience in AV Software Quality Operations Increased competency in supporting all phases of the machine learning development lifecycle, from data preparation and training to validation, deployment, and continuous monitoring. Experience with ML testing and validation, including dataset quality assurance, bias detection, edge-case scenario testing, and performance evaluation using statistical metrics. Ability to quickly learn and implement new concepts and utilize proprietary tools. Strong understanding of driving rules and regulations. Must have the ability to provide occasional on-call availability for evenings, weekends, and holidays, as well as the flexibility to attend meetings outside of standard hours to collaborate with our global team. We prefer: Demonstrated strong execution with ability to drive outcomes. Experience working with offshore teams / multiple local operations hubs. Basic SQL querying. Competency in LLM / transformer models, and / or ML for robotics domain experience. A greater focus on using your subject matter expertise for results analysis and direct customer consultation in the development of new and improved. solutions. Self-motivated with basic skills in task planning and time management. In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include: Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary) Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks Holidays: 13 paid days per year (Remote jobs only - Please note that Waymo may not be able to employ remotely in all locations. Please speak with your recruiter about your preferred location for remote work when you begin the interview process. The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements. Salary Range $130,000-$160,000 USD