SQL Engineer/Data Migration Consultant- London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Data Engineer with 5 years+ commercial experience to join a high-profile team supporting the decommissioning of legacy applications and the migration of data to modern platforms within a leading global investment bank. This is initially a 6 month contract with very good prospects to extend and will be a hybrid role based in London.

This role requires a highly analytical and technically capable engineer with strong SQL expertise, data investigation skills and a structured approach to problem solving. You will work with large and complex datasets to identify data quality issues, investigate failing business processes and support critical data migration and transformation initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their career in data engineering and data management within a complex enterprise environment.

Responsibilities:

• Support the decommissioning of legacy applications through the extraction, analysis, validation and migration of data to target platforms.
• Investigate data-related issues impacting business processes, applications and downstream systems.
• Analyse large and complex datasets to identify anomalies, inconsistencies, trends and data quality concerns.
• Navigate complex database schemas to understand data relationships and determine the most effective approach to analysis and troubleshooting.
• Design, develop, optimise and troubleshoot SQL queries across large-scale database environments.
• Validate data quality, integrity and completeness throughout migration and transformation activities.
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify and resolve issues where the source of a problem is not immediately apparent.
• Work with both structured and unstructured datasets to support business and technical objectives.
• Translate business requirements into data queries, analysis activities and technical solutions.
• Apply logical and methodical problem-solving techniques to complex or ambiguous challenges.
• Communicate progress, risks, issues and blockers proactively within a collaborative delivery team.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across data quality, migration processes and engineering practices.
• Collaborate closely with technical teams, business stakeholders and data specialists to deliver successful migration outcomes.
• Contribute to the successful modernisation of data platforms and the retirement of legacy systems.