Data Migration Engineer

NECSWS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK seeks an experienced Data Migration Engineer for a large-scale migration project. The candidate will design and execute migration strategies ensuring data accuracy and security. Essential skills include SQL expertise, particularly in MySQL, and a strong understanding of ETL processes. The position offers a full-time opportunity with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Private Medical Cover

25 days paid holiday

Group Pension Plan with employer contributions

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Proven experience in large-scale data migration projects, especially in the public sector.
• Strong SQL development skills in MySQL environments.
• Solid understanding of data transformations and ETL workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute ETL processes to migrate data from legacy systems to target platforms.
• Write and optimise complex SQL queries to support data extraction, transformation, and validation.
• Conduct data profiling, cleansing, and quality assurance checks.

Skills

SQL development skills

Data transformations and ETL workflows

Data quality dimensions

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving mindset

Education

UK NPPV3 Security Clearance

Tools

MySQL

Oracle

Job description

Please note ideally we would seek a candidate who can be hyrbid from Glasgow or London but this role can be remote subject to location.

We are seeking an experienced Data Migration Engineer to support a large-scale migration project. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing developing and executing migration strategies to ensure data is transferred accurately securely and efficiently into the target environment.

This role requires a hands‑on engineer with strong SQL expertise particularly in MySQL who can take ownership of migration tasks proactively identify risks and collaborate closely with technical and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Design develop and execute ETL processes to migrate data from legacy systems to target platforms.
• Write and optimise complex SQL queries (preferably MySQL) to support data extraction transformation and validation.
• Apply the full data quality framework (accuracy completeness consistency timeliness validity uniqueness integrity) across all migration activities.
• Conduct data profiling cleansing and quality assurance checks to ensure accuracy and completeness of migrated data.
• Translate business and technical requirements into data transformation rules and implement them effectively.
• Provide clear feedback to QA data testers ensuring test coverage and quality are maintained throughout.
• Raise and manage risks issues and blockers promptly keeping all stakeholders fully informed.
• Collaborate with business analysts developers architects and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with business needs.
• Provide clear documentation of migration processes data mappings data quality checks and testing results.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and resolve data related issues promptly.
• Ensure migrations comply with data governance security and regulatory requirements.
• Work with case management software and related systems to understand data structures and workflows.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Proven experience in public sector large‑scale data migration projects.
• Strong SQL development skills within MySQL environments.
• Solid understanding of data transformations and ETL workflows.
• Knowledge and application of data quality dimensions in migration processes.
• Familiarity with case management systems and associated data structures.
• Strong problem‑solving mindset with the ability to take ownership and work independently.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement risk reporting and supporting QA testers.
• UK NPPV3 Security Clearance with at least 12 months remaining.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a data team and with cross‑functional stakeholders.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Oracle databases (alongside MySQL).
• Knowledge of data modelling data warehousing or data integration tools.
• Experience in working with agile project delivery methodologies.
• Ideally Azure and experience in Azure Data Factory for ETL.

Additional Information

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions you are provided with the following:

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like when you like how you like.

Other Information

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who We Are

Were NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad our software is helping to dispatch ambulances support families keep trains on the move locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us youll be helping our 3000 employees push the boundaries of whats possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments hospitals police forces housing providers local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do the more our customers can do for others. And together we make a world of difference.

Wed love your help. And well support you all the way.

Remote Work

Yes

Employment Type

Full‑time

Key Skills

Apache Hive,S3,Hadoop,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Apache Pig,NoSQL,Big Data,Data Warehouse,Kafka,Scala

Experience

years

Vacancy

1