What are the responsibilities and job description for the DBHDS - Data Migration Specialist position at Cyber Resource Provider LLC?
Job Details
Engagement Type
Contract
Short Description
Data Migration Specialist
ON SITE REQUIRED: 2-3 days/week
Pls note: Initial web-based interviews will be conducted; however, the team may request a second round IN PERSON with the finalists.
Complete Description
A Data Migration Specialist is a professional who specializes in the movement of data from one system or platform to another.
Pls note: Initial web-based interviews will be conducted; however, the team may request a second round IN PERSON with the finalists.
ON SITE REQUIRED: 2-3 days
No Parking provided for contractors
ABOUT THE ROLE
Main Responsibilities of a Data Migration Specialist
The following list describes the typical responsibilities and deliverables of a Data Migration Specialist:
- Transform and load data into the respective data warehouse for a modernization initiative.
- Transform data to meet target system requirements
- Translate functional requirements into technical specifications for ETL development.
- Troubleshoot and resolve data migration issues
- Validate and analyze data sets to ensure data consistency and internal requirements are met.
- Analyze DBDHS Legacy data, data quality rules, business rules, data dictionaries,
- Analyze, prepare and execute data cleansing services.
- Analyze, specify and document data migration requirements with clients and internal teams.
- Articulate how Legacy data will be cleansed and adapted to fit into the new Future solution.
- Assist others with the selection of approaches, methods and / or services as required.
- Attend Project stand-ups and Stakeholder meetings
- Champion standards and implementation process that you define with the team.
- Collaborate with data architects to design data migration solutions
- Collaborate with the IMS Business customers and the DBHDS EDW Team, ensuring quicker and more accurate data management.
- Complete assigned tasks in an organized manner to ensure project deadlines.
- Develop and execute data migration process and procedures (from analysis to post implementation) including scripts and programs
- Develop and execute test plans to ensure client requirements are fulfilled.
- Contribute to the release and cutover strategy.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to gather requirements and system assessments as it related to data.
- Create and maintain utilities, SQL scripts as needed to accelerate the process.
- Ensure adherence to compliance needs for the agency.
- Implement new Mapping and ETL scripts.
- Lead data cleaning and dedupe program to drive accurate and complete data.
- Maintain appropriate levels of data security and privacy relating to customer data.
- Ensure documentation are created an maintained to enable migration process and post implementation support.
- Create and Monitor data migration progress and build dashboards to support audit , reconciliation and verification
- Perform regular backups to ensure data preservation.
- Propose a data migration and reconciliation strategy.
- Represent DBHDS IT and the Data cleansing/migration initiative at meetups with DBHDS internal and external partners
- Retrieve data from the database or electronic files as requested.
- Validate post-migration results and communicate outcome with Key DBHDS Central Office Leadership and Business Stakeholders, Key External DBHDS Reporting Stakeholders, CO Security, VITA, and DBHDS IT.
- Verify data by comparing it to source documents.
- Write validation scripts to run over the Staging tables to report any invalid data.
Required/Desired Skills
| Skill | Required/Desired | Amount | of Experience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proficiency in data extraction and transformation tools | Required | 6 | Years |
| Strong SQL querying and scripting skills | Required | 7 | Years |
| Knowledge of, and Experience with ELT/ETL processes | Required | 6 | Years |
| Familiarity with data modeling and database design principles | Required | 7 | Years |
| Understanding of data warehousing concepts and practices | Required | 7 | Years |
| Experience with data migration in large-scale enterprise environments | Required | 7 | Years |
| Understanding of data synchronization and replication techniques | Required | 7 | Years |
| Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities | Required | 6 | Years |
| Critical thinking and decision-making skills | Required | 7 | Years |
| Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively | Required | 6 | Years |
| Expertise in AWS | Desired | 2 | Years |
| Expertise in Snowflake | Desired | 2 | Years |
Questions
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Question 1 | Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment? |
| Question 2 | Please list candidate's email address. |
| Question 3 | In what city and state does your candidate CURRENTLY reside? |
| Question 4 | The role requires 2-3 days ON SITE each week. If selected, does your candidate agree to this arrangement? |
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