Published: October 3, 2024 - The Data Migration Specialist translates functional requirements into technical specifications, ensuring accurate ETL development and effective source-to-target data mappings. This role collaborates with Data Consultants to design and implement comprehensive data migration strategies, executes incremental migrations, and maintains data security throughout the process. The specialist also writes validation scripts, identifies and resolves system bugs, and supports adherence to organizational policies and safety standards.
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1. Data Migration Specialist, NexData Solutions, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Assist in planning, designing, and managing data migration process between cloud environments
- Develop best practices and standards for the team to effectively carry out data migration-related activities, such as risk management, scheduling, and data-related requirements gathering
- Manage source to target data mapping between different data models
- Perform migration of clinical data from source to destination systems
- Coordinate with the customer for the post-migration issues during the migration phase based on the scope of the migration type
- Work with management to develop and improve processes and workflow within the team
- Analyze the method of transforming existing data into a format for the new environment and the loading of this data into other database structures
- Review of existing migration tools and recommendations for improving the performance of the migration process
- Perform post-migration quality assurance, audits, reconciliation, and exception reporting
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results
Skills on Resume:
- Data Migration Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Risk Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Mapping (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Data Handling (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Data Transformation (Hard Skills)
- Tool Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
2. Data Migration Specialist, Blue Stream Tech, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Understand and analyze customer requirements, data format specifications, interface specifications etc.
- Identifies, defines and communicates technical tasks that need to be performed
- Create/customize, test and troubleshoot software and script components using a variety of existing and specific Data migration tools, programming languages and generic tools (java, linux shell scripting, javascript etc.)
- Manage activities around Linux, shell script, XML, and java
- Create documentation such as test summary reports, exception reports
- Create and execute Test cases as part of the overall testing strategy
- Deploy solutions to specific environments in line with relevant change approvals/releases
- Communicate progress, issues and identified risks daily
- Participate in design and planning activities,
- Support planning by breaking larger tasks into smaller ones and estimating effort for specific tasks.
- Maintain or acquire required skills as product and assignments evolve.
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Requirement Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Technical Task Definition (Soft Skills)
- Software Development (Hard Skills)
- Linux and Scripting Management (Hard Skills)
- Documentation Creation (Hard Skills)
- Testing Execution (Hard Skills)
- Solution Deployment (Hard Skills)
- Task Estimation and Planning (Soft Skills)
3. Data Migration Specialist, Vesta Consulting Group, Phoenix, AZ
Job Summary:
- Creation, review and FUP approval of cutover plans for each application.
- Collect and send firewall rules that need to be released
- Check Jobs on the Task Scheduler
- Check IIS services (if applicable)
- Check Windows services related to the application
- Check communication with the database
- Redo IP and hostname notes for each application, reflecting IFF data
- Check if the application has any interface with another application or ERP system (SAP)
- Validate interface settings and validate operation
- Track/execute the scripts and collect the evidence for each step
- Check for mapped network directories and ensure that the mapping has been redone by the post-migration infra team
- Communicate users and suppliers of the application about migration
Skills on Resume:
- Cutover Plan Management (Hard Skills)
- Firewall Rule Collection (Hard Skills)
- Task Scheduler Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- IIS Services Verification (Hard Skills)
- Database Communication Validation (Hard Skills)
- Interface Validation (Hard Skills)
- Script Execution Tracking (Hard Skills)
- User Communication (Soft Skills)
4. Data Migration Specialist, Infinity Data Systems, Columbus, OH
Job Summary:
- Translate functional requirements into technical specifications for ETL development
- Support the Data Consultant with developing Source-to-Staging-to-Target mappings and actively work with Development, Test and Implementation efforts.
- Work with the Data Migration team to identify the appropriate strategy that ensure the migration happens in the appropriate timeframe.
- Write validation scripts to run over the Staging tables to report any invalid data.
- Identify and test for bugs and bottlenecks in the ETL solution.
- Design data migration processes including collection of source data, data transfer mechanism and data upload mechanism.
- Execute data migrations incrementally and provide resulting data to the Data Consultants.
- Maintain appropriate levels of data security and privacy relating to customer data.
- Complete and encourage others to complete administrative tasks in an accurate and timely manner.
- Comply with and actively ensure safe working practices of self and others in accordance with Health and Safety Procedures.
- Observe, comply and assist with developing policies procedures, strategy and quality management systems.
- Positively and actively support effective communication, and encourage and provide constructive feedback.
Skills on Resume:
- Technical Specification Translation (Hard Skills)
- Source-to-Target Mapping Support (Hard Skills)
- Data Migration Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Validation Script Writing (Hard Skills)
- ETL Solution Testing (Hard Skills)
- Data Migration Process Design (Hard Skills)
- Data Security Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Effective Communication Support (Soft Skills)
5. Data Migration Specialist, ClearPath Solutions, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Work within the Data Analyst team ensuring appropriate development quality processes and procedures are in place for the work being undertaken and that team members adhere to them (best practices and governance)
- Encourage others in the analyst team to develop own skills around Data Migration by providing leadership on this area
- Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology, always on a look out for new technologies and work with the business in bringing new technologies
- Delivering informal ad-hoc sessions to staff on data migration and other data areas and products for overall awareness
- Work closely with the Product team to determine the optimum feature sets for products
- Assist with pre-sales activities relating to software development for new customers including tender response preparation, customer presentations, and providing development estimates
- Setting up and maintaining Cassandra in Azure platform leveraging Datasax Cassandra database.
- Implementation of Cassandra database in Azure test environments and in production
- Responsible for the setup of the database tables and schema
- Developing scripts to acquire data from the Cassandra database
- Utilize best practices meeting client's policies to implement security standards to protect the data.
- Work with the project team to ensure applications are able to connect to the Cassandra database.
Skills on Resume:
- Data Migration Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Cassandra Database Management (Hard Skills)
- Technical Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
- Adaptability to New Technologies (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration with Product Teams (Soft Skills)
- Scripting and Automation (Hard Skills)
- Security Standards Implementation (Hard Skills)
6. Data Migration Specialist, Apex InfoTech, Raleigh, NC
Job Summary:
- Importing and exporting client and attorney data in support of onboarding and offboarding procedures of the firm
- Performing data migrations and cleanup of unstructured user data
- Creating, tracking and auditing requests for mailbox access and delegation, as well as requests for file share and data access
- Managing, escalating and/or fulfilling service requests submitted to the Systems Operations Group with respect to data management, Outlook and Exchange
- Performing data/email legal discoveries at the direction of Firm Counsel while maintaining the integrity of the discovery data (legal data hold)
- Assisting in creating documented processes with respect to data management.
- Performing system restores and data recovery on an as-needed basis
- Participate in meetings with the Project team to provide the status of these actions
- Create tickets with the application provider for urgent service, and monitor remote support
- Supporting app teams for database design and performance-tuning activities
- Train Mentor the team members
Skills on Resume:
- Data Migration Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Legal Data Management (Hard Skills)
- Request Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Service Request Management (Hard Skills)
- Process Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Data Recovery Skills (Hard Skills)
- Project Communication (Soft Skills)
- Technical Support (Hard Skills)
7. Data Migration Specialist, BrightWave Analytics, Nashville, TN
Job Summary:
- Write SQL and T-SQL script statements to analyze and translate customer data into SQL database tables Interface directly with the customer to define mapping specifications based on data analysis
- Create, debug, and execute T-SQL scripts and stored procedures that match data mapping specifications
- Perform ETL (extract, transform, load) data imports, exports, and modifications
- Perform quality assurance and database validation on all test and live conversions
- Work on assigned tasks as a member of a project team
- Review data and database backups
- Integrates new information and skills to enhance personal performance or the performance of the organization.
- Learns from successes and failures, regards all experience as an opportunity to learn and improve
- Aligning processes with the organization's strategic goals, designing and implementing process plans, and establishing process measurement systems that align with organizational goals.
- Review, analyze, evaluate, validate, organize, coordinate, and lead the activities, Agency Services, and teams to cleanse and migrate legacy system data to a sophisticated enterprise-level software suite.
- Coordinating and communicating the efforts of multiple groups of technical and business groups e.g. enterprise architecture analysts, database administrators, business analysts, business subject matter experts, quality assurance and testing resources, and end-users.
Skills on Resume:
- SQL and T-SQL Scripting (Hard Skills)
- Data Mapping Specification (Hard Skills)
- ETL Data Management (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
- Project Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Backup Review (Hard Skills)
- Continuous Learning (Soft Skills)
- Process Implementation (Hard Skills)
8. Data Migration Specialist, CloudWay Consultants, Orlando, FL
Job Summary:
- Works with DMS product managers in gathering the scope of data to be migrated, the format and structure of the data, business rules etc.
- Develop scripts or reports to extract data from various legacy DMS systems for the migration
- Works across multiple functional projects to understand data usage and implications for data migration.
- Develops overall migration strategy and planning documents and reviews with all relevant SME’s on project team.
- Manages assigned risks and monitors potential impacts as part of the DMS data migration plan
- Ensures data accuracy and integrity throughout the migration planning and execution phases.
- Develops best practices, processes, and standards for effectively carrying out DMS data migration activities.
- Performs DMS source system data analysis in order to manage source-to-target data mapping
- Performs DMS migration and testing of static data and transaction data from one core system to another.
- Performs data migration audit, reconciliation and exception reporting.
- Manages cross-program data assurance for physical data items in source and target systems.
Skills on Resume:
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Scripting (Hard Skills)
- Migration Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Risk Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Integrity (Hard Skills)
- Best Practices Development (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Audit and Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
9. Data Migration Specialist, SilverPeak Technologies, Kansas City, MO
Job Summary:
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to facilitate the conversation and migration of data between current business systems/repositories and the new solution
- Ensuring data integrity, ownership, and curation practices are preserved, defined, optimized, and documented.
- Extract, transform and obfuscate data in readiness for migration using data validation tool.
- Validate data migration strategy and ensure adherence to dependencies and project timelines.
- Assist to load data into the target system, in collaboration with the product vendor & implementation partner.
- Prepare data sets for each sprint, including hands on support with extracted data.
- Perform data analysis and mapping of data entities between business systems, ensuring data integrity, ownership, and curation activities are identified and maintained.
- Ensure data models are documented within the confines of an enterprise architecture framework and relevant to both business and technical operatives.
- Ensure 'sources of truth' are clearly identified, management practices are documented and known, and reuse of data within a business function ecosystem adheres to a strong data management framework.
- Developing and maintaining a system capable of tracking all assigned tasks.
Skills on Resume:
- Data Migration Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Data Integrity (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Data Validation (Hard Skills)
- Data Mapping (Hard Skills)
- Project Management (Hard Skills)
- Technical Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Task Tracking (Hard Skills)
10. Data Migration Specialist, DataFusion Strategies, Albany, NY
Job Summary:
- Setting up the insurance product in the application his/her team is part of by means of product parameters
- In charge of the data migration from the source local systems to be decommissioned to the target application
- Control the quality of delivered data
- Configuration, maintenance, and data loading in the systems
- Provides technical support to the other members of the team
- Work within the project control office and report to the project s program manager.
- Demonstrable leadership and communication skills will be a highly desired skill set to ensure clear, concise, and correct data cleansing and migration requirements,
- Design, development, testing, and deployment activities are completed by the technical and business teams.
- Build and execute data integration processes using RealINSIGHT tools and capabilities
- Design and configure custom data mapping and loads for clients
- Interface with clients, understand business and the tasks they need to accomplish
Skills on Resume:
- Product Configuration (Hard Skills)
- Data Migration Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- System Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Technical Support (Soft Skills)
- Project Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Leadership and Communication (Soft Skills)
- Data Integration and Mapping (Hard Skills)
11. Data Migration Specialist, ProVista Solutions, Salt Lake City, UT
Job Summary:
- Implementation and roll-out of a European-wide migration
- Responsible for leading a team of technical consultants
- Migration of data into S/4 HANA
- Configuration of the solution and support
- Gathering new requirements from multiple countries (global blueprint/adapting the template)
- Involved in root cause analysis on technical issues
- Learn and develop new skills
- Assist with the design and testing of new system loading and mapping capabilities
- Present solutions to clients and team
- Support and positively promote Foster Moore’s overall organizational vision, values and culture.
- Assist others with the selection of approaches, methods and/or services
Skills on Resume:
- Migration Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- S/4 HANA Data Migration (Hard Skills)
- Solution Configuration (Hard Skills)
- Requirements Gathering (Hard Skills)
- Root Cause Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Design and Testing Support (Hard Skills)
- Client Presentation Skills (Soft Skills)