Data Migration Consultant - 6 Month Contract - Essex - £500 Inside

I am working with a Local Authority that needs a Data Migration Consultant to join them for 6 months (this is likely to be extended). The role is responsible for the whole data migration, from inception to delivery.

The key responsibilities for this role will be:

• Meeting with business (SMEs/Business Leads) and/or users to identify and define data migration needs.
• Formulate a data migration process which is aligned with the data migration process of the supplier of the target system.
• Formulate a data migration plan/schedule that is aligned with the overall implementation plan from the supplier of the target system.
• Undertake an audit of the existing data sources and work in consultation with business (SME/Leads/Users) to define business rules for the migration.
• Identify all data quality issues and improvements needs to support successful completion of the data migration as per overall delivery plan.
• Support testing of data migrated, covering unit testing, coordination with suppliers assigned DM consultant for ETL and related testing.
• Conduct user acceptance testing of each data load, as well as further regular internal loads, this would need coordination with business leads/SMEs, and users.
• Knowledge of Legacy databases as well as ETL process that will be used by the supplier of the target system.
• Eye for details and accuracy for data extractions from the Legacy system to avoid duplication or inaccurate data being migrated to target system.
• Solution focus attitude to deal with range of data issues that would arise from migration of data from multiple different Legacy system to one target systems.
• Data protection acumen as data dealt with will be of vulnerable people at risk.
• Experience of working as data migration consultant independently using ETL framework.
• Experience of data design, development with experience of SQL, Scripting, data mining techniques to carry out data extraction from the Legacy system.
• Experience of dealing with a wide range of data sources for extraction to one or two target system

The ideal candidate will have these essential skills:

• Proven understanding SQL
• Broad knowledge of Council applications
• Proven understanding of Childrens Social Care applications
• Knowledge of Synergy & Liquidlogic applications, specially related to data tables and data migration
• Previous experience of migrating EHCP data into EHM
• Experience in performing data matching
• Data quality management experience
• Knowledge of local government applications, services and processes
• Understanding of GDPR and data protection legislation
• Understanding latest IT technology and trends
• Planning/Scheduling Application Integration and upgrades

Prior direct experience in a similar position key for this role. Please only apply if you have the required experience for this role as candidates without experience in a similar role for a Local Authority (council) will not be considered.

We are looking to move quickly for this role, so we are able to consider short notice periods. This is a mainly remote role with rare visits to council office.

TL;DR

Role: Data Migration Consultant

Start Date: ASAP (Short notice periods considered)

Location: Essex

Contract Length: 6 months initially

Daily Rate: £550

IR35 Status: INSIDE

Please apply with your latest CV if you're interested and I will give you a call back as soon as I can to discuss the role in more detail.