What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Conversion Specialist position at Radiant Digital?
About us
At Radiant Digital, we deliver innovative IT solutions and consulting services to government agencies and businesses across the USA, Canada, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
On the federal side, we collaborate with agencies such as NASA, the Department of State (DOS), the IRS, ACL, ACF, USDA, and many others, as well as numerous state and local government entities.
Beyond government, we serve industries like telecom, healthcare, entertainment, and oil & gas, providing tailored solutions that enhance system efficiency, optimize data utilization, and modernize applications to stay ahead in dynamic markets.
We are looking for a Data Conversion Lead position at Miami, FL.
If you are interested in applying for this requirement, please do respond with your updated resume and the details requested below.
Position: Data Conversion Lead
Location: Miami, FL
MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIRED:
This is a Data Conversion Lead position in a large, complex local government organization. This position is within the Information Technology Department for the purpose of assisting in implementing a complex, large-scale application.
The candidate will work alongside a diverse team of analysts supporting various County Departments, on the implementation of a third-party vendor system. The candidate's work will focus on the large-scale export, validation, and conversion of data from several legacy County information systems and working with the vendor to prepare for migration into the vendor’s solution. This will include organization, planning, execution, and monitoring of data conversion-related work, and closely liaising with both the County and vendor teams. While the position is primarily remote, the candidate must be a resident of South Florida as the project will require on-site work in Miami, FL.
Experience with the following is required:
End-to-end hands-on experience with large-scale data migrations / ETL processes from legacy to modern systems, including design, data mapping, development, validation, and implementation.
Working with complex IT software projects in a large organization using Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Strong technical background in database management, development, and migration including SQL Server, SSIS, SQL, and Stored Procedures.
Experience with Excel, as well as ETL tools and techniques.
Attention to detail, proficiency in both written and verbal communications.
Experience with the following is desired:
Mainframe applications development and support, including Integrated Database Management System (IDMS) databases, and COBOL, including batch and online development.
Work duties may include:
Ownership and management of data conversion and migration tasks for several source applications being consolidated to a singular target system, working in close coordination with various County and vendor subject matter experts and technical teams.
Leads design and planning activities, working with various stakeholders to gather and document requirements, and create and document an overall data migration strategy to extract and prepare County data to be imported into the vendor system.
Investigates the functionality and data structures of source systems in order to successfully identify needed data mapping task requirements.
Ensures data quality throughout the data migration process through design and implementation of data cleansing and standardization strategies.
Leading the implementation and execution of data migration processes throughout the project to support development, testing, and production deployment phases.
Leads data conversion testing and validation activities and acceptance, working with both business customers and technical teams to identify and resolve issues.
Working closely with the project management team to communicate progress, issues, and risks to the customer.
MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree. Eight years of experience in data migration and conversion, or related tasks, are required. Additional related work experience in software development/implementation may substitute for the required college education on a year-for-year basis.
