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Database Migration Specialist
- london, england, United Kingdom
- Permanent·On-site
- Full time
- £70 - £100 Per Hour
Job Description
Project Overview
This initiative focuses on migrating mission-critical IBM DB2 environments from Sailfish proprietary appliances to IBM DB2 Cloud Rack ahead of Sailfish end-of-life in September 2026. Migration requires rigorous validation, testing, and security readiness across multiple enterprise data centers.
Role Summary
The Database Migration Specialist will execute end-to-end DB2 Sailfish to Cloud Rack migration activities, including environment validation, data migration, intensive testing, and security/compliance assurance.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Execute DB2 Sailfish to DB2 Cloud Rack migrations including environment and configuration validation.
- Validate infrastructure, database configuration, network connectivity, and access controls.
- Perform functionality, performance, stress, scalability, and failover testing.
- Execute data migration, reconciliation, and integrity validation.
- Work closely with application, infrastructure, IBM, and security teams to resolve issues.
- Develop migration runbooks, validation reports, and sign-off documentation.
- Support cutover execution and post-migration stabilization.
Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience with IBM DB2 (LUW) or Oracle database platforms.
- Proven delivery of large-scale database or platform migrations.
- Strong testing mindset with data validation and reconciliation experience.
- Experience working across multiple technical and vendor teams.
- Best practices and regulated environments preferred.