NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Data Migration Engineer

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Job summary

Would you like to work on the delivery of new technologies to GP practices. With this role you will get involved with a large scale domain migration for circa 3500 devices and users. Your work would be to help improve the technology used and improve efficiencies of clinicians delivering vital primary care to patients.

We have an exciting opportunity within the IT Project team for a Data Migration Engineer. The role will work actively within the project team.Data security will be an integral part of the role helping the practices to work with modern technology.

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

To conduct the migration of data from one platform to another and resolve any ad-hoc queries relating to data integrity.

Prepare data for migration to ensure foundations are set for the new environment.

Use of a data migration software tool.

Configuration of SharePoint target environment setup according to customer requirements. User access to the new environment following role-based access control and information governance guidelines.

Communication with all users and project stakeholders will include practice managers and clinicians.

The point of contact for all data migration concerns for all sites and users on the projects. Handover of sites and training for staff onsite.

Good record keeping to ensure project is delivered on time.

About us

You will be working with a dedicated project team to facilitate technology improvements to GP practices. You will work as part of a team of technicians to migrate data for on premises storage to cloud solution technology to support on the GP practice staff and work as seamlessly as possible. This will be a varied role with every site presenting different and new challenges to over come technically, with help and support of the rest of the project team and wider AGEM CSU IT Services staff.

You will receive at least 27 days holiday entitlement Per annum. We want everyone at Arden & GEM to have a healthy work-life balance and have a range of initiative in place to support this including childcare vouchers, enhanced schemes for maternity and paternity leave and several other family-friendly policies. Our Occupational Health service provides our people with:o Health checks and screeningso Flu vaccinationso Talking services

We provide organisation-specific offers such as 'Theatre Club' membership, where you can take advantage of discounted theatre tickets and packages, as well as access to NHS-wide schemes such as vehicle leasing, Blue Light Card membership and Health Service Discounts.

Details

Date posted

19 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

880-5180504-A

Job locations

Any AGEM Site

Northampton

NN3 6BF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and Relationship Skills

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people across the organisation and customers, to ensure effective service delivery is achieved.

Utilise a variety of tools and techniques to develop and support the delivery of organisational wide initiatives both receiving and providing complex information.

To provide, both verbal and written, reports to stakeholders (as required) on projects and tasks that they are leading on and negotiate for a successful outcome.

Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information; Present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups

Knowledge Training and Experience

Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience Knowledge of health service management or equivalent, including change management and workforce re-design, acquired through training and experience equivalent to Masters level.

Advanced Microsoft product suite skills to enable issue resolution including Access, Excel and SharePoint On-line.

Understanding the principles of Integrating and Automating solutions using the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform toolsets.

Conduct data and file migrations to SharePoint environments.

Understanding the principles of Development skills on SharePoint and Power Automate building workflows and automation.

Project management skills and experiences so able to deliver solutions within time frame and resource envelope.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

Actively seek out; define and resolve any roadblocks to effective knowledge sharing in the organisational.

Look to understand the underlying issue and work with stakeholders to remediate the problem. Escalating when appropriate to do so.

Ability to compare a range of technical options analyse their implications, compare and advise on a suitable direction.

Planning and Organisational Skills

Plan and manage varied workload and assigned tasks. Have that ability to use own judgement and re prioritise when a situation changes keeping stakeholders and line manager informed. Deliver and manage projects, programs and tasks to time, resource and fiscal remits.

Contribute to planning and formulation of strategy for the service.

Responsibilities for Policy and Service Development Implementation

Promote effective working and champion systems to the wider Arden & GEM Commissioning Support organisation.

Responsibilities for Financial and Physical Resources

Responsible for proper and safe use of IT equipment by users when developing their abilities.

Support and assist in resolving users technical issues on equipment that they have been issued by Arden & GEM Commissioning Support.

Responsibility for Human Resources

Provide training for other team members, colleagues, customers and subordinates on specialist areas.

Responsibilities for Information Resources

Regularly generate reports, documents, drawings relating to the specialist area in which they are working to be presented across the organisation at all levels.

Maintain key business systems and support user and customer use of said systems (SharePoint; eforms and workflows). Including assigning permissions and auditing access. Effectively use a range of IT applications to create reports, project plans and document Enable the business and its customers to understand and use the information at their disposal in the most effective manner and for positive effect.

Adapt systems and solutions to meet changing requirements and spot commonality.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and Relationship Skills

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people across the organisation and customers, to ensure effective service delivery is achieved.

Utilise a variety of tools and techniques to develop and support the delivery of organisational wide initiatives both receiving and providing complex information.

To provide, both verbal and written, reports to stakeholders (as required) on projects and tasks that they are leading on and negotiate for a successful outcome.

Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information; Present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups

Knowledge Training and Experience

Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience Knowledge of health service management or equivalent, including change management and workforce re-design, acquired through training and experience equivalent to Masters level.

Advanced Microsoft product suite skills to enable issue resolution including Access, Excel and SharePoint On-line.

Understanding the principles of Integrating and Automating solutions using the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform toolsets.

Conduct data and file migrations to SharePoint environments.

Understanding the principles of Development skills on SharePoint and Power Automate building workflows and automation.

Project management skills and experiences so able to deliver solutions within time frame and resource envelope.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

Actively seek out; define and resolve any roadblocks to effective knowledge sharing in the organisational.

Look to understand the underlying issue and work with stakeholders to remediate the problem. Escalating when appropriate to do so.

Ability to compare a range of technical options analyse their implications, compare and advise on a suitable direction.

Planning and Organisational Skills

Plan and manage varied workload and assigned tasks. Have that ability to use own judgement and re prioritise when a situation changes keeping stakeholders and line manager informed. Deliver and manage projects, programs and tasks to time, resource and fiscal remits.

Contribute to planning and formulation of strategy for the service.

Responsibilities for Policy and Service Development Implementation

Promote effective working and champion systems to the wider Arden & GEM Commissioning Support organisation.

Responsibilities for Financial and Physical Resources

Responsible for proper and safe use of IT equipment by users when developing their abilities.

Support and assist in resolving users technical issues on equipment that they have been issued by Arden & GEM Commissioning Support.

Responsibility for Human Resources

Provide training for other team members, colleagues, customers and subordinates on specialist areas.

Responsibilities for Information Resources

Regularly generate reports, documents, drawings relating to the specialist area in which they are working to be presented across the organisation at all levels.

Maintain key business systems and support user and customer use of said systems (SharePoint; eforms and workflows). Including assigning permissions and auditing access. Effectively use a range of IT applications to create reports, project plans and document Enable the business and its customers to understand and use the information at their disposal in the most effective manner and for positive effect.

Adapt systems and solutions to meet changing requirements and spot commonality.

Person Specification

Education / Training / Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to minimum A level in technical specialism or have equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • Degree qualified

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people in a supportive team environment to deliver organisation wide projects
  • Experience of migrating data/files

Desirable

  • Working on the NHSmail Shared Tenant Project management experience of a large data/file migration

Mobility

Essential

  • Independent means of travel

Desirable

  • Drivers' licenses and vehicle

Skills / Abilities

Essential

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, advanced level Excel and SharePoint with the skills to manipulate data and information
  • Experience in analysing, interpreting, and summarising complex information in a manner that is accessible to non-technical individuals
  • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to multitask and prioritise to meet tight deadlines
  • Experience with project working to deliver output within project constraints.
  • Working knowledge of common data formats such as JSON & XML
  • Knowledge of using migration tools
  • Experience of moving data from Microsoft 365 tenancy to tenancy
  • Experience working with CLI and creating scripts

Desirable

  • Project management experience to deliver output within resource and time budget.
  • Experience writing in web languages such as HTML and CSS
  • Experience of using migration tools such ShareGate, SharePoint Migration Tool, and Quest's Migration toolset including Discovery, Essentials and Content Matrix
  • Experience with PowerShell scripts

Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to understand policies or procedures and convey the meaning clearly to others
  • Knowledge of applying H.R. policies in a work environment

Interpersonal Skills

Essential

  • Able to work in partnership with and influence a wide range of professional groups at all organisation levels
  • A team player who is resourceful with the ability to champion and encourage change
  • Personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of others
  • Excellent communication and customer care skills, including a professional and friendly telephone manner and verbal and written presentation skills
  • Excellent team working skills and the resilience to work in a demanding environment across other functional teams.

Special Aptitudes

Essential

  • Self-confident, resilient and an ability to work autonomously
  • Have an interest in working to improve culture and best practice
  • Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
  • Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act
Person Specification

Education / Training / Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to minimum A level in technical specialism or have equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • Degree qualified

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people in a supportive team environment to deliver organisation wide projects
  • Experience of migrating data/files

Desirable

  • Working on the NHSmail Shared Tenant Project management experience of a large data/file migration

Mobility

Essential

  • Independent means of travel

Desirable

  • Drivers' licenses and vehicle

Skills / Abilities

Essential

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, advanced level Excel and SharePoint with the skills to manipulate data and information
  • Experience in analysing, interpreting, and summarising complex information in a manner that is accessible to non-technical individuals
  • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to multitask and prioritise to meet tight deadlines
  • Experience with project working to deliver output within project constraints.
  • Working knowledge of common data formats such as JSON & XML
  • Knowledge of using migration tools
  • Experience of moving data from Microsoft 365 tenancy to tenancy
  • Experience working with CLI and creating scripts

Desirable

  • Project management experience to deliver output within resource and time budget.
  • Experience writing in web languages such as HTML and CSS
  • Experience of using migration tools such ShareGate, SharePoint Migration Tool, and Quest's Migration toolset including Discovery, Essentials and Content Matrix
  • Experience with PowerShell scripts

Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to understand policies or procedures and convey the meaning clearly to others
  • Knowledge of applying H.R. policies in a work environment

Interpersonal Skills

Essential

  • Able to work in partnership with and influence a wide range of professional groups at all organisation levels
  • A team player who is resourceful with the ability to champion and encourage change
  • Personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of others
  • Excellent communication and customer care skills, including a professional and friendly telephone manner and verbal and written presentation skills
  • Excellent team working skills and the resilience to work in a demanding environment across other functional teams.

Special Aptitudes

Essential

  • Self-confident, resilient and an ability to work autonomously
  • Have an interest in working to improve culture and best practice
  • Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
  • Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Any AGEM Site

Northampton

NN3 6BF


Employer's website

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Any AGEM Site

Northampton

NN3 6BF


Employer's website

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Project Manager

Brett Gill

brett.gill@nhs.net

07970141589

Details

Date posted

19 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

880-5180504-A

Job locations

Any AGEM Site

Northampton

NN3 6BF


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