Project Description : Job Description:
Data Analyst required to assist in high profile, short-term project to migrate 55,000 email mailboxes from Lotus Notes/Domino to Outlook/Exchange 2010. Analyst will assist in the planning, scheduling and reporting of user migrations which will occur at a rate of approximately 3,000 per week for six months. Analyst will also be responsible for updating reports and statistics to be presented to senior executive management.
Ideal candidate is detail-oriented and able to deliver under quality work under pressure with limited supervision. Candidates must be analytical, yet pragmatic with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Functional Responsibilities
Support email migration team throughout the planning (March-May), pilot (June-July) and migration (August-December) phases
Perform as backup person to migration planning lead (manager)
Analyze and assess various data points impacting the migration schedule
Create, modify and maintain complex Excel worksheets for data analysis and reporting
Perform user acceptance testing and become an expert user of migration scheduling tool (Lotus Notes DB)
Assist manager in updating MS Project schedules and MS Power Point presentations required for program and executive reporting
Interact and communicate with technical teams working on the migration, i.e., understand technical requirements and constraints
Interact and communicate with program management teams working on the migration, i.e., escalate risks, issues and accomplishments
Interact and communicate with business and IT liaisons who represent the users whose mailboxes are being migrated, i.e., be empathetic to amount of change the users are experiencing during the migration
Job Requirements
Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (e.g., vlookup formulas, pivot tables, etc.)
Proficiency in MS Power Point, MS Word and MS Project
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Proven ability to respond within short time constraints and meet deadlines, while maintaining accuracy
Self-motivated and reliable to complete assignments with minimal day-to-day management
Ability to build trusted relationships with core and extended team members
additional info added:
The candidate does not need to have extensive knowledge of email nor email migrations for this assignment, however, it is helpful if they have IT project experience to understand the technical concepts, issues and risks related to the project
Interpersonal skills are a must. Candidate will be working as a liaison between the technical team and the users being migrated so that we can explain to the mechanics of the migration plan to the users and to provide the technical team with the information they need from the users to execute the migration
Data analysis skills are needed to do User Acceptance Testing and eventually use a migration scheduling tool that is being developed specifically for this project. The tool will be a Lotus Notes DB that receives daily feeds from various sources (HR, security, mailbox data,etc.) and creates a migration schedule based on specific criteria.
Lastly, this project requires a candidate willing and able to work evenings and weekends from July-December. We have at least 25 weeks of migrations to do, and the current plan is for this person to be the lead coordinator every other week (with me taking the alternate weeks). Although work-from-home flexibility will be granted on evenings and weekends, candidate will need to work on-site in Somerset office during the week.
Resource is needed to assist in maintaining the migration plan and provide backup support throughout the migrations.
Resource is needed through the end of US domestic email migrations
Reason for Request: Comments for Approver(s): Resource is needed to assist in maintaining the migration plan and provide backup support throughout the migrations.
SkillsSkills
Skills: Category Name Required Experience
IT Data Analyst - Junior MS Excel Yes 3-5 Years
IT Data Analyst - Junior Technical Writer/Documentation Specialist Yes 1-3 Years
IT Data Analyst - Junior Testing and Quality Assurance Yes 1-3 Years
IT Data Analyst - Junior Data Modeling No 1-3 Years
IT Data Analyst - Junior Data Warehousing No 1-3 Years
IT Data Analyst - Junior Lotus Notes No
IT Data Analyst - Junior Project Management No 1-3 Years
Additional Skills: Advanced interpersonal and communication (oral and writte) are a must.
