Migrations Technical Lead - Edinburgh

FDM Group Ltd.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Migrations Technical Lead in Edinburgh for a hybrid role. The successful candidate will manage complex technology migration projects within the insurance sector, requiring strong technical skills and excellent communication abilities. The position offers opportunities to lead diverse teams and ensure system transitions from legacy environments to modern platforms. Join a dynamic team and contribute to innovative solutions.

Benefits

Career coaching and mentoring

Annual leave

Work-place pension

Opportunities for global assignments

Qualifications

• Experience in managing migration projects with multiple partners.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Proactive self-starter capable of working independently.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate environment provisioning and connectivity.
• Manage data quality resolution and cleansing backlog.
• Oversee technical components of migration processes.
• Lead discussions with delivery partners regarding design.

Skills

Technical involvement in migration programmes involving ETL tools

Data profiling, quality, and cleansing

Excellent communication skills

Leadership skills in planning and organisation

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Migrations Technical Lead to work for our client within the Insurance sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Edinburgh.

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Migrations Technical Lead to oversee and execute complex technology migration projects. This role is critical in ensuring the seamless transition of systems, applications, data, or infrastructure from legacy environments to modern platforms (e.g., cloud, on-prem to cloud, cross-platform). The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, project leadership experience, and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordination of environment provisioning and connectivity
• Management of the DQ resolution and cleansing backlog
• Review of Low-level Designs
• Review and sign off migration technical components (Extract, Transform and Load)
• Technical oversight of data validations and reconciliations
• Point of contact for delivery partners in relation to design elements
• Technical leadership with co-ordination with other workstreams
• Assist co-ordination with Delivery partners especially in line with the areas of ownership above
• Involvement in the Command-and-Control structure as part of the migration event/events

Requirements

• Technical involvement in previous migration programmes involving ETL tools
• Previous involvement with data profiling, quality, and cleansing
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Experience of projects/programmes with multiple partners
• Strong leadership skillset in terms of planning and organisation to drive elements through to completion
• Strong approach to RAID and management of actions through to completion
• Proactive self-starter who can work independently with minimal guidance
• Strong attention to detail

About Us

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.