Data Migration Engineer

Data Migration Engineer

New York, NY - Remote Role 8+ months Pay Rate: $65.00/hr - 71.42/hr

Top Skills

• Technical Expertise in Data Migration Tools & Methods
• Hands-on experience with tools like BitTitan, SkyKick, ShareGate, Google Workspace Migrate, Azure Data Factory, or custom ETL solutions.
• Strong knowledge of scripting (Python, PowerShell, SQL) for automation, transformations, and validation.
• Understanding of structured/unstructured data, APIs, and staging processes (SFTP, cloud storage, etc.).
• Data Analysis & Validation Skills
• Ability to profile, clean, and transform data to ensure accuracy and integrity during migrations.
• Strong SQL/querying background to validate record counts, reconcile data sets, and troubleshoot discrepancies.
• Familiarity with metadata, file structures, and mapping exercises.
• Problem-Solving & Troubleshooting
• Comfort with diagnosing failures in large-scale migrations (timeouts, corrupted files, schema mismatches, access/auth issues).
• Quick thinker who can identify root causes and workarounds with minimal downtime.
• Experience handling complex cutover strategies and rollback planning.
• Project & Process Discipline
• Experience working in structured migration projects (phased rollouts, blackout windows, checkpoints, reporting).
• Ability to create repeatable, documented processes that scale across acquisitions and environments.
• Attention to detail with strong documentation and reporting habits (validation reports, migration logs, dashboards).

Job Description

• Works collaboratively with business and project leaders and other impacted departments, and coordinates efforts across stakeholder groups in assisting to set goals and expectations
• Use tools to setup and run migrations and post migration reporting: scan and report on the environment using existing automated scripts
• Gather post migration feedback
• Interpret reports to suggest organization of data for optimum performance, security and usability and work with business managers to agree a final outline, ensuring compliance with the Digital Media and other guidelines
• Working with project team and business units to confirm migration plan, manage preparation timing, re-syncing data and final cutovers
• Assist pre and post migration with any issues and best practices (remediating and re-organizing data, removing duplicates and stale data)
• Work with Communication and User Experience teams on feedback and to inform best practice
• Update support documentation for post migration support teams
• Actively suggest updates to streamline the migration process
• Manage ongoing requests and support tickets
• Work internationally to support migrations out of hours: e.g. Europe (morning) and Asia (afternoon)
• Working with team members by updating team Monday boards, SharePoint hosted files, etc.
• Working with the Ci Media and other partners to coordinate migrations for the optimum user experience
• Archive of data as necessary
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences, Technology or relevant field, or equivalent combination of skills and experience
• Microsoft or IT Certification(s) preferred