Senior Data Migration SpecialistAbout the Project
We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Migration Specialist to provide expertise on a large-scale transformation programme within the financial services sector. This opportunity is suited to a senior migration specialist who combines strong technical knowledge with experience coordinating complex migration activities across business and technology teams.
The engagement focuses on migrating data from a legacy SaaS platform to a new strategic solution. The programme is currently shaping its migration approach and entering a critical phase of planning, reconciliation design, and cutover preparation.
Scope of services:As a Senior Data Migration Specialist, you will:
Coordinate the development and delivery of the end-to-end data migration strategy.
Define migration approaches, data quality standards, validation criteria, and reconciliation processes.
Coordinate the design and implementation of qualitative and financial reconciliation tooling.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, solution architects, engineering teams, testing teams, and third-party vendors to ensure successful migration outcomes.
Facilitate migration planning activities, including migration waves, cutover planning, rollback scenarios, and readiness assessments.
Identify migration risks, dependencies, assumptions, and issues throughout the programme lifecycle.
Communicate delivery progress, key risks, and dependencies to programme stakeholders.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of migration methodologies, governance practices, and delivery standards.
Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data migration initiatives within financial services or another highly regulated industry.
Strong technical knowledge of:
data migration methodologies,
ETL processes,
data quality management,
reconciliation approaches,
migration tooling and validation techniques.
Experience working with SaaS platforms and complex system migrations.
Ability to deliver migration activities in environments with limited documentation and evolving business knowledge.
Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organisational abilities.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
The programme involves migrating from a legacy SaaS platform with limited internal knowledge and documentation. Success will depend on establishing a robust migration strategy, building effective reconciliation capabilities, and coordinating multiple stakeholders across business, technology, and vendor teams.
Initial DeliverablesKey deliverables during the initial phase of the engagement include:
Finalising the overall data migration strategy.
Defining reconciliation processes and supporting the preparation of qualitative and financial reconciliation tooling.
Establishing migration governance, validation, and reporting processes.
Coordinating the preparation of cutover and rollback plans together with business, technology teams, and the solution vendor.
Supporting the programme's readiness for migration rehearsals and the production cutover.
We offer a flexible collaboration model based on a B2B contract, with the opportunity to work on diverse projects.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
- HR interview with the recruiter
- Technical interview with Capco Engineering team
- Client interview
- Feedback and offer
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Skills Required
- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data migration initiatives within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
- Strong technical knowledge of data migration methodologies.
- Strong technical knowledge of ETL processes.
- Strong technical knowledge of data quality management.
- Strong technical knowledge of reconciliation approaches and validation techniques.
- Experience with migration tooling and building reconciliation tooling.
- Experience working with SaaS platforms and complex system migrations.
- Ability to deliver migration activities with limited documentation and evolving business knowledge.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organisational abilities.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
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Capco, a Wipro company, is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in driving transformation in the energy and financial services industries. Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to fast-track digital initiatives for banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco’s cutting edge ingenuity is brought to life through its award-winning Be Yourself At Work culture and diverse talent. TRUSTED ADVISORS - Our collaborative and entrepreneurial approach position us as trusted long-term partners to our clients. DEEP EXPERTISE - Clients look to us for clear guidance, proven expertise, and the support they need to set their companies up for success. DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS- We do not provide off -the-shelf answers to clients’ challenges. Instead, we work in close collaboration to understand the issues, and craft disruptive, bespoke solutions. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OWNERSHIP - We recognize every client has distinct needs and expectations, and we take ownership and accountability for the solutions we design, build, and deliver.
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