IT Data Analyst / IT Data Migration Specialist

Client

Local Authority in Havering

Job Title

Data Analyst / Data Migration Specialist

Pay Rate

£41.31 an hour PAYE/£54.22 an hour UMBRELLA

Hours

36 Hours a week(Mon-Fri)

Duration

Initial 3 Month contract

Location

FULLY REMOTE- Sporadic office prescene occasionally

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Review outputs from an initial discovery phase.


• Analyse existing datasets and assess data quality.


• Develop data mapping and migration strategies.


• Execute data migration from legacy systems to a new cloud platform.


• Provide recommendations on migration approach, risks, and timelines.


• Support successful implementation and completion of the migration project.


• Map the Ocella database and associated DMS data to the Idox database schema (Idox database schema not yet available).


• Extract, package and prepare data by service area for secure transmission via SFTP.


• Support the supplier with data load query requirements (data loading remains the supplier's responsibility).


• Support two rounds of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for each service area.

Essential Technical Skills

• Strong experience in data migration projects.


• Expertise in data design and structuring data for new systems.


• Proven ability in data mapping, including matching and transforming data between source and target systems.


• Experience migrating data from legacy systems to cloud-based platforms.


• Ability to assess data quality, identify issues, and recommend migration approaches.

Desirable Skills

• Previous experience with iDocs Cloud migrations.


• Experience conducting data discovery, analysis, and migration planning activities.


• Ability to estimate effort, timescales, and migration requirements.

Preferred Experience

• Public sector experience is preferred, particularly understanding how public sector data is managed and governed.


• Experience delivering end-to-end data migration and transformation projects.