Project – the aim you’ll have
Join a large-scale data migration programme run by an international software provider operating in a regulated, audited sector. You will work in a small, senior delivery team alongside the client’s own engineering squads, moving millions of records from a legacy system into a modern Azure estate. Strict reconciliation standards, genuine accountability for data integrity, and direct contact with the client’s technical leadership.
Role – how you’ll contribute
- Design, build and run ETL pipelines migrating data from legacy SQL Server databases into Azure SQL
- Profile and reverse-engineer source schemas where documentation is incomplete, and document the model you reconstruct
- Build validation and reconciliation logic that proves completeness and correctness ahead of the initial load and every delta load
- Work with the Business Analyst on data mapping, transformation rules and the agreed data dictionary
- Execute migration rehearsal runs and support the cutover
- Follow ITIL-aligned change and release management for every production change
- Diagnose and resolve production data incidents, and contribute to root cause analysis and permanent fixes
- Maintain technical documentation for the migration components and hand it over at the end of the engagement
Expectations – the experience you need
- 3+ years delivering data migration or ETL development on enterprise or high-stakes systems
- Strong T-SQL and hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including SSIS
- Practical experience with Azure SQL Database and the surrounding Azure data services (Data Factory, Azure DevOps)
- Demonstrable data validation and reconciliation work: you can explain how you proved a migration was correct, not just that it ran
- Comfort working from incomplete documentation, using schema discovery and data profiling as a first step
- Experience handling JSON and XML payloads held inside relational structures
- English at C1 or above, with daily contact with international stakeholders across European and APAC time zones
- Willingness to undergo background screening, including a criminal record check
Additional skills – the edge you have
- Microsoft certification, ideally DP-203 Azure Data Engineer Associate
- ITIL Foundation v4, or willingness to certify (at our cost)
- Experience in a regulated, audited sector such as financial services, public sector or healthcare
- Experience with change data capture and keeping systems in sync during a parallel-run period
- Exposure to Databricks, Snowflake or dbt
What we offer:
- Flexible and remote cooperation options
- International projects with leading global clients
- Travels related to international projects
- Non-corporate atmosphere
- Access* to language classes
- Access* to knowledge-sharing initiatives
- Access* to private healthcare and life insurance
- Access* to multisport card
*The availability and terms of individual benefits may vary depending on the chosen form of cooperation.