At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead data migration projects, analyse data structures, and ensure smooth transitions.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company focused on data transformation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities to work on large-scale projects.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact in data transformation and enhance your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in data migration and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Responsibilities
- Analyse source and target data structures to understand differences, dependencies and risks.
- Define and document data mapping, transformation and reconciliation rules.
- Support the Business Architect in performing detailed data analysis to inform migration design.
- Identify data quality issues and support the definition and execution of data cleansing and remediation plans.
- Contribute to the definition of the overall data migration approach, including sequencing, dependency management and cutover considerations.
- Produce clear migration specifications, validation rules and test data to support delivery and testing.
- Support data migration testing activities, including reconciliation, issue investigation and resolution.
- Assist in specifying data reporting and data quality requirements for migration and post-migration states.
- Provide input into operational data ownership, controls and post-migration monitoring arrangements.
- Work within programme governance structures, supporting mobilisation and ongoing delivery.
Requirements
- Strong experience working as a Data Migration Lead or similar role on complex transformation programmes.
- Proven experience analysing source and target data models and supporting migration design.
- Hands-on experience defining data mappings, transformation logic and reconciliation rules.
- Experience identifying and addressing data quality issues within large or complex datasets.
- Practical involvement in data migration testing, validation and issue resolution.
- Understanding of migration sequencing, cutover planning and deployment considerations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with architects, delivery teams and business stakeholders.
- Comfortable operating in environments with multiple systems, datasets and dependencies.
- Experience contributing to data-led or platform-based transformation initiatives.
- UK-based and able to travel onsite 2 days per week.
- Experience working on large-scale data transformation or system replacement programmes.
- Exposure to data governance, data ownership or post-migration monitoring models.
We think you need these skills to ace Data Migration Lead – Data Transformation
Data Analysis
Data Mapping
Data Transformation
Data Cleansing
Data Quality Management
Data Migration Testing
Reconciliation Rules
