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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Migration Lead - **Company:** developrec - **Location:** Uxbridge, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £130,000.0 - £169,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, ArcGIS (Software), Audit Trail, Spreadsheets, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Data Cleansing, Data Deduplication, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Mapping, Data Transformation, Data Migration, Document Management Systems, Salesforce.Com, SQL Databases, Test Data, Integration Frameworks, Legacy Systems - **Published:** September 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/data-migration-lead/develop-job107947940 ## About the Role Candidates should have: * Proven experience as a Data Migration Lead / Data Migration Manager / Senior Data Migration Consultant. * Strong experience delivering complex enterprise data migrations. * Hands-on SQL experience. * Strong understanding of ETL and data transformation. * Experience with data modelling and source-to-target mapping. * Strong data cleansing and data quality experience. * Experience delivering test and live migration cycles. * Experience with data reconciliation and validation. * Experience working with legacy systems and modern cloud platforms. * Strong stakeholder management skills. * Ability to work with technical teams and business SMEs. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Desirable Experience * Local government or public sector transformation. * Salesforce or Salesforce-based platforms. * Arcus Global. * Planning, Building Control or Land Charges systems. * GIS / ArcGIS. * Document management systems. * Complex third-party integrations. * Data migration within regulated environments. ## Description The successful candidate will lead the end-to-end migration of data from legacy systems into a modern cloud-based platform, taking responsibility for data analysis, data mapping, ETL, SQL, data cleansing, data transformation, data quality, reconciliation, validation, testing and live migration. Key Responsibilities * Lead the complete data migration workstream from discovery through to go-live. * Create and maintain the data migration strategy, plan and governance. * Analyse legacy databases, spreadsheets, documents and third-party data sources. * Produce source-to-target data mapping specifications. * Define data transformation and migration rules. * Identify and resolve data quality issues. * Lead data cleansing, deduplication and remediation activities. * Analyse and manage document migration into a new document management system. * Map data across multiple integrations and third-party systems. * Work with SQL, ETL processes and migration scripts. * Coordinate data migration developers and technical resources. * Work with business SMEs to establish data rules and validation requirements. * Plan and execute test data migration cycles. * Produce reconciliation and validation reports. * Coordinate business acceptance testing. * Lead the final live data migration. * Provide post-go-live migration support. * Maintain migration documentation, governance and audit trails. * Manage migration risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies. ## Related Videos - [A Developer's Framework for Any Tool Migration](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2035-a-developer-s-framework-for-any-tool-migration) - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Resilient by Design: Building Robust Architectures in High-Stakes Financial Systems](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2106-resilient-by-design-building-robust-architectures-in-high-stakes-financial-systems) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Evaluating RAG Systems with Synthetic Test Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1982-stop-guessing-start-measuring-evaluating-rag-systems-with-synthetic-test-data) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)