Data Migration Engineer

LanceSoft Inc; Town of Greenport (NY); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology service provider is seeking a Data Migration Engineer for a remote role in New York. The position is focused on managing data migration projects, requiring expertise in data migration tools, data analysis, and strong problem-solving skills. Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and have experience with scripting and data validation. Competitive pay rate of $65.00/hr - $71.42/hr is offered for this 8+ month contract.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with data migration tools.
• Strong scripting skills for automation.
• Ability to profile and transform data for accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate efforts with project leaders across departments.
• Setup and run migrations using automated scripts.
• Gather post-migration feedback for improvements.
• Manage preparation timing and final cutovers.
• Assist in remediating data issues pre and post-migration.

Skills

Technical Expertise in Data Migration Tools & Methods

Data Analysis & Validation Skills

Problem-Solving & Troubleshooting

Project & Process Discipline

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, Technology or relevant field

Microsoft or IT Certification(s)

Tools

BitTitan

SkyKick

ShareGate

Google Workspace Migrate

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Overview

Data Migration Engineer — New York, NY - Remote Role • 8+ months • Pay Rate: $65.00/hr - $71.42/hr

Top skills

1. 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.).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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).

Responsibilities

• 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 & Qualifications

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