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Data Migration Engineer

117 000 – 149 500 £
ContractExperience not specifiedOn-siteLondon

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Data Migration Engineer

12 Months

£450 - £575/Day Inside IR35

London/ Manchester/ Bristol

Clearance: SC

We are seeking a Data Migration Engineer for our Government client and can be based in London, Bristol or Manchester. The role will be office based one day per week and the remainder remote. The Data Migration Engineer role will be an initial 12 month contract paying between £450 - £575/Day Inside IR35.



Clearance: SC


Role Profile:


  • They are modernising the platform used by over 10,000 civil servants each day, replacing Google Workspace with Microsoft M365 and provisioning access via a resilient zero-trust network.
  • Migrating business units includes transferring the contents of MyDrive, Mailboxes and Calendar from Google to Microsoft M365
  • Cloudiway and Microsoft Native Migration will be used for the migration and are privately hosted by Microsoft
  • End-to-end execution of migration jobs from preparation through staging, batching, execution, and validation
  • Support management teams to plan and coordinate migration

Troubleshoot and debug technical issues, errors, and throughput bottlenecks in real-time to preserve data integrity

Partner and coordinate closely with Google Workspace, M365, and ICS administrators to resolve dependencies and ensure seamless end-to-end migrations

  • Performance testing and functional testing of the migrations tools
  • Keep good records of migration activities
  • Run quality processes so that migration completeness can be assessed
  • Ensure accurate information is transferred
  • Develop scripts to support data remediation
  • Passionate and knowledgeable about Data and all aspects of Migration
  • Significant hands-on experience setting up, running, debugging, and coordinating large-scale data migration jobs across Google Workspace and M365 environments
  • Data security knowledge
  • PowerShell scripting


If you are interested in the above, hit the Apply now button!


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As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.


Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group.


If you qualify, please notify us on igs @circlerecruitment.com. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview.

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86 058 £

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