JOBS: Data Migration Consultant at Farsight Africa Group
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technical Data Migration Responsibilities:
- Execute the data migration process from end to end
- Analyze, extract, manipulate and migrate information and data from legacy case management systems, into the application to be developed
- Analyze data in legacy formats and validate data sets to ensure data consistency and internal requirements are met
- Coordinate with all impacted source-system, and IT teams to ensure integration points are managed and involved
- Perform technical validation of extracted and uploaded data to ERP systems
- Responsible for the conversion of client data from various sources, including document management systems, records management systems, and matter management systems
- Develop procedures, scripts, and utilities for conversion processes that transform the data to meet business requirements
- Provide Statistical reports of data moved, transformed, cleansed, and loaded
- Coordinate and develop test flows for QA of the data migration
- Communicate with all disciplines to ensure the flow of data set before rollout
- Manage patch notes and roll-out process
- Manage version locks and import tools
- Schedule rollouts that affect the live game
- Monitor design and code changes
Project Management Responsibilities:
- To liaise with our clients to ascertain what specific data they require to have transferred, customizing it to their needs
- Design the data migration process, test, and migrate data into a target environment from a multitude of data sources to satisfy customer requirements
- Provide the data migration plan for approval to the customer
- Confirm with customer data migration techniques and methodologies to be used, adjust as necessary to adhere to any restrictions and limitations for use of technology, tools
- To collaborate within dynamic project teams, to facilitate the build and delivery of workflow solutions utilizing an approved case management application, to both new and existing clients
- Partner with the customer and implementation managers to ensure the most efficient migration of different types of legacy data
- Document, review, and confidently communicate project deliverables to stakeholders and internal team members
- Identify risks that could impact a successful migration
- Analyzing, documenting, and communicating migration details following implementation to take a constructive approach to continuous improvement
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Business, Finance, or any other related disciplines.
- At least 5 years of experience working in a data migration position.
- Thorough knowledge of databases, HTML, or content management
- Successfully completed three (3) projects involving the migration of large data sets from legacy systems to a new application.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with an emphasis on managing the completion of tasks by non-direct reports
- Good understanding of the agile approach, leveraging best practices and implementing/documenting repeatable processes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent communication skills working with people of various levels
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with high attention to detail, while maintaining excellent quality and superior customer service
- Experience working in a matrix organization with teams that may be virtual in nature
- Flexibility of working in a dynamic environment
- Understanding the importance of maintaining positive client relationships throughout and beyond the project process
- Self-management in working within multiple concurrent projects
Method of Application
Kindly send your application letter and CV to [email protected] before 20th May 2022.