Data Migration Engineer

Our client, a leading player in the fintech industry, is looking for a Data Migration Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. The role involves working within a critical payments programme, migrating payments processing capabilities from a legacy, third-party-operated environment into a new target environment within the client organisation., * Execute ETL pipelines and end-to-end data migration runs

• Troubleshoot and resolve data defects discovered during migration
• Support migration dress rehearsals and production go-live activities
• Ensure continuity of critical payments processing throughout migration
• Validate, reconcile, and assure migrated datasets

Hands-On Experience:

• Proven delivery of data migration initiatives in banking environments
• Experience specifically within payments platforms or similarly critical transaction systems

IBM DB2 on Mainframe (Strong Expertise Required):

• Indexing, clustering, partitioning, and archiving strategies
• Query optimisation in high-volume, high-throughput environments

Large-Scale Systems Experience:

• Experience working with large, high-throughput systems
• Ability to perform data extraction without impacting live or BAU processing

Demonstrated Technical Capability:

• Data mapping and end-to-end data lineage
• Extraction strategies for complex, congested, or high-risk tables
• Reconciliation and validation of migrated datasets
• Operating ETL processes in tightly controlled production environments

Safe Extraction & Production Risk Management:

• Designing extraction approaches that do not disrupt BAU payments processing
• Controlled handling of production risk and sensitive transactional data

If you have a strong background in data engineering and experience in delivering data migration initiatives within banking environments, this is the opportunity for you. Apply now to join our client's innovative and dynamic team in the fintech sector.