DATA MIGRATION CONSULTANT

Countries: Ghana, Kenya

Organization: Farsight Africa Group

Closing date: 20 May 2022

JOB TITLE: DATA MIGRATION CONSULTANT

DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC FINANCE

REPORTING TO: PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGER

BASED AT: GHANA

ABOUT FARSIGHT GROUP:

Farsight Africa Group is a leading full-service Pan-African communications company that delivers public finance management services and impactful solutions to companies, governments, development organizations and individuals across East Africa.

Farsight Africa Group has established a reputation in the marketplace for working in complex and challenging environments that demand a comprehensive understanding of local cultures, indigenous communication practices and relationships with stakeholders at both the grassroots and national level.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical Data Migration Responsibilities:

• Execute the data migration process from end to end


• Analyze, extract, manipulate and migrate information and data from legacy case management systems, into the application to be developed


• Analyze data in legacy formats and validate data sets to ensure data consistency and internal requirements are met


• Coordinate with all impacted source-system, and IT teams to ensure integration points are managed and involved


• Perform technical validation of extracted and uploaded data to ERP systems


• Responsible for the conversion of client data from various sources, including document management systems, records management systems and matter management systems


• Develop procedures, scripts and utilities for conversion processes that transforms the data to meet business requirements


• Provide Statistical reports of data moved, transformed, cleansed and loaded


• Coordinate and develop test flows for QA of the data migration


• Communicate with all disciplines to ensure flow of data set before roll out


• Manage patch notes and roll out process


• Manage version locks and import tools


• Schedule roll outs that affect the live game


• Monitor design and code changes

Project Management Responsibilities:

• To liaise with our clients to ascertain what specific data they require to have transferred, customizing it to their needs


• Design the data migration process, test, and migrate data into a target environment from a multitude of data sources to satisfy customer requirements


• Provide the data migration plan for approval to the customer


• Confirm with customer data migration techniques and methodologies to be used, adjust as necessary to adhere to any restrictions and limitations for use of technology, tools


• To collaborate within dynamic project teams, to facilitate the build and delivery of workflow solutions utilizing an approved case management application, to both new and existing clients


• Partner with the customer and implementation managers to ensure the most efficient migration of different types of legacy data


• Document, review, and confidently communicate project deliverables to stakeholders and internal team members


• Identify risks that could impact a successful migration


• Analyzing, documenting and communicating migration details following implementation to take a constructive approach to continuous improvement

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor degree in IT, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Business, Finance or any other related disciplines.


• At least 5 years of experience working in a data migration position.


• Position largely based in Ghana


• Thorough knowledge of databases, HTML or content management


• Successfully completed three (3) projects involving migration of large data sets from legacy systems to a new application.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Strong project management and organizational skills, with an emphasis on managing completion of tasks by non-direct reports


• Good understanding on the agile approach, leveraging best practices and implementing/documenting repeatable processes


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Excellent communication skills working with people of various levels


• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with a high attention to detail, while maintaining excellent quality and superior customer service


• Experience working in a matrix organization with teams that may be virtual in nature


• Flexibility working in a dynamic environment


• Understanding the importance of maintaining positive client relationships throughout and beyond the project process


• Self-management in working within multiple concurrent projects

How to apply

Kindly send your application letter and CV to jobs@farsightafrica.com before 20th May 2022.

Applications shall be reviewed on a rolling basis until the right candidate has been selected.