IT & Software

Data Migration Specialist / Data Engineer – SQL, ETL & LegalTech – Remote

Recruitment Revolution

Birmingham · West Midlands · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you own complex data migrations for law firms, combining SQL-driven analysis, ETL, and data validation to move from legacy systems to cloud-based platforms like Actionstep. You’ll work across multiple client projects, shaping migration standards and tooling. You solve challenging data problems, ensure accuracy, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver go-lives. This is a hands-on, impact-driven position with room to influence migration processes and the wider data capability.

Pay / Benefits
  • Fully remote, UK-based
  • Competitive salary DOE
  • Evening/weekend go-live flexibility with time off in lieu
  • Supportive, collaborative tech environment
  • Autonomy to own migrations
  • Varied, technically challenging projects
Responsibilities
  • Analyze legacy databases, schemas, and complex data structures
  • Extract, transform, map, and migrate data to cloud platforms (primarily Actionstep)
  • Develop and improve SQL scripts, ETL routines, and migration utilities
  • Profile data, identify inconsistencies, and define cleansing requirements
  • Manage trial migrations, UAT, and production cutovers
  • Validate migrated data and reconcile financial datasets
  • Investigate and resolve migration defects and technical challenges
  • Coordinate migration activities across concurrent client projects
  • Produce migration specifications, mapping docs, and validation reports
  • Contribute to process improvements, tooling, and documentation
  • Support occasional out-of-hours go-lives with time off in lieu
Key requirements
  • Strong hands-on SQL and relational database knowledge
  • Proven data migration experience between business-critical systems
  • Experience in ETL, data mapping, and data transformation
  • Ability to interpret unfamiliar schemas and undocumented legacy structures
  • Experience managing migration across multiple projects or workstreams
  • Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and data reconciliation skills
  • Independent worker with ability to meet deadlines and resolve issues
  • Practical understanding of data protection and secure handling of sensitive data
  • problem-solving
  • analytical thinking
  • independence
  • SQL and relational databases
  • ETL principles and data mapping
  • Data cleansing and validation

Reference: WJ-747_31020082

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