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# Data Migration/Engineering Consultant (Azure)

- **Company:** Next Ventures
- **Location:** Utrecht, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Data Migration, Data Mining, Data Profiling, Data Structures, Power BI, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, Azure Data Factory
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.nl/job/nl66ba8062e8d2245cceb19b61e07ca121/eaa

## About the Role

* Proven experience delivering complex enterprise data migrations projects
 * Strong experience creating and executing detailed migration and cutover runbooks.
 * At least 2-3 years of hands-on Azure Data Factory experience.
 * At least 4+ years of strong SQL experience.
 * At least two years of data-quality management and data-remediation experience.
 * Strong experience in data profiling, cleansing, mapping, transformation, validation and reconciliation.
 * Experience supporting migration rehearsals and production cutovers.
 * Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
 * Ability to remain organised, reliable and calm under significant pressure.
 * Quality-driven approach with excellent attention to detail.

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Migration/Data Engineering Consultant to support a business-critical system implementation and data migration programme.
The consultant will plan, coordinate and execute end-to-end migration activities, covering data extraction, transformation, cleansing, loading, validation and reconciliation. This is a hands-on role requiring strong experience with Azure Data Factory, SQL & Advanced Excel, combined with the ability to manage high-pressure migration and production cutover events., * Develop and maintain detailed data migration, implementation and cutover runbooks.

 * Plan and coordinate migration activities across technical teams, business stakeholders and third-party suppliers.
 * Design, build and execute data migration pipelines using Azure Data Factory.
 * Develop SQL scripts and queries for data extraction, transformation, profiling, validation and reconciliation.
 * Analyse source and target data structures and produce source-to-target mappings.
 * Identify data-quality issues and coordinate or perform cleansing and remediation activities.
 * Use Advanced Excel & PowerBI, to support data analysis, migration tracking, automation and reporting.
 * Perform pre and post migration validation to confirm data completeness and accuracy.
 * Investigate migration errors, reconciliation differences and data-quality exceptions.
 * Support mock migrations, dress rehearsals, production cutovers and post-go-live stabilisation.
 * Track migration progress, risks, issues, dependencies and critical-path activities.
 * Define contingency and rollback procedures and support go/no-go decision-making.
 * Provide clear status updates to programme leadership and other stakeholders.
 * Maintain accurate migration documentation, controls and audit evidence.


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