Junior Data Migration Analyst - Dublin (Onsite 3x/wk)

GCS Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment in Ireland is seeking a Junior Data Analyst to support a large-scale data migration programme. You will help with data extraction, validation, reconciliation, and testing to ensure data quality and migration readiness.

The role focuses on hands-on data analysis, issue investigation, and collaboration with business and technical teams. Based in Dublin, you will work onsite three days a week and contribute to documentation, mappings, and audit trails.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years' experience in a Data Analyst, Data Migration Analyst, Technical Analyst, or similar position.
• Strong SQL skills for querying, analysing, validating, and investigating data.
• Advanced Excel expertise including XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, IF/IFS, SUMPRODUCT, Power Query.
• Experience with data cleansing, reconciliation, validation, and data quality processes.
• Experience supporting testing and UAT activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support data migration activities across multiple workstreams.
• Perform data extraction, validation, reconciliation, and quality assessments.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve data anomalies and data quality issues.
• Support testing and UAT activities, including defect tracking and issue management.
• Create and maintain documentation such as data mappings, issue logs, audit trails, and test evidence.
• Engage with business users and SMEs to clarify requirements and resolve outstanding issues.
• Ensure data is accurate, complete, and migration-ready.
• Manage multiple priorities while meeting agreed project deadlines.

Skills

SQL

Advanced Excel

Data validation

Data cleansing

UAT testing

Attention to detail

Stakeholder comms

Multi-tasking

Tools

Power BI

Job description

GCS Recruitment in Ireland is seeking a Junior Data Analyst to support a large-scale data migration programme. You will help with data extraction, validation, reconciliation, and testing to ensure data quality and migration readiness.

The role focuses on hands-on data analysis, issue investigation, and collaboration with business and technical teams. Based in Dublin, you will work onsite three days a week and contribute to documentation, mappings, and audit trails.