What are the responsibilities and job description for the DBHDS - Data Migration Specialist position at TMS?
Job Title : Data Migration Specialist
Location : Richmond, VA (Hybrid)
ON SITE REQUIRED : 2-3 days / week
Duration : 6-12 Months contract with possible extension.
Pls note : Initial web-based interviews will be conducted; however, the team may request a second round IN PERSON with the finalists.
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.
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
Years
Strong SQL querying and scripting skills
Required
Years
Knowledge of, and Experience with ELT / ETL processes
Required
Years
Familiarity with data modeling and database design principles
Required
Years
Understanding of data warehousing concepts and practices
Required
Years
Experience with data migration in large-scale enterprise environments
Required
Years
Understanding of data synchronization and replication techniques
Required
Years
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Required
Years
Critical thinking and decision-making skills
Required
Years
Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
Required
Years
Expertise in AWS
Desired
Years
Expertise in Snowflake
Desired
Years
Questions
Question
Question1
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?
Question2
Please list candidate's email address.
Question3
In what city and state does your candidate CURRENTLY reside?
Question4
The role requires 2-3 days ON SITE each week. If selected, does your candidate agree to this arrangement?
