Deloitte
Technical Project Manager – SQL Server to GCP Migration
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Contract Role: Technical Project Manager – SQL Server to GCP Migration
Contract Location: London. Hybrid 2-3 days
Contract Duration: 6 months initially (with potential extension)
Contract Start Date: Immediate
Contract Classification: Inside IR35
Daily Rate Breakdown
- Traditional Daily Rate: £400 / £500 max dependent on experience
- Agreed Contract Rate (ACR): £308 / £385
- Equivalent Annual Salary: £80k + £9.5K holiday pay / £100k + £12k holiday pay
- Payroll provider: Rockford Payroll Info for Contingent Workers – Rockford Pay
Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join Deloitte for an engagement with a leading global Tier 1 Financial Services organisation.
We’re hiring a Technical Project Manager to lead an end-to-end migration of Microsoft SQL Server workloads to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You’ll own delivery governance, planning and execution, testing coordination, risk/issue management, and senior stakeholder reporting. This role needs strong attention to detail, a structured approach to delivery, and the confidence to drive outcomes across engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
Programme delivery & governance
- Own the integrated migration plan (scope, milestones, dependencies, resourcing, budget, RAID, and critical path).
- Establish and run delivery governance (project cadence, sprint/release planning if applicable, workstream tracking).
- Drive decision-making forums, document outcomes, and ensure actions are completed on time.
- Manage vendors/partners (if used) and ensure contract deliverables align to outcomes.
Technical Migration Management (SQL Server → GCP)
- Coordinate discovery and assessment of current SQL Server estate (versions, sizing, HA/DR, licensing, dependencies, interfaces).
- Drive agreement on target architecture with technical leads (e.g., Cloud SQL for SQL Server, Compute Engine hosting SQL Server, connectivity, encryption, backup/restore, monitoring, IAM).
- Manage data migration approach and cutover planning (downtime windows, rollback strategy, validation).
- Coordinate environment readiness: network, firewall rules, IAM, service accounts, key management, logging/monitoring, patching approach.
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Testing & quality (attention to detail)
- Define and run the testing strategy and schedule across:
- Functional testing
- Data validation/reconciliation (row counts, checksums, referential integrity, key reports)
- Performance testing (baseline vs post-migration)
- Security testing / access controls
- Resilience testing (backup/restore, failover where relevant)
- Ensure clear entry/exit criteria, defect triage, prioritisation, and closure.
- Maintain traceability from requirements → test cases → evidence → sign-off.
Cutover, Release & Operational Readiness
- Own the cutover plan (dry runs, comms plan, checklist, go/no-go criteria, runbooks).
- Coordinate operational handover: support model, monitoring/alerting, SOPs, knowledge transfer, and documentation.
- Ensure post-migration stabilisation is planned, tracked, and closed with clear acceptance criteria.
Senior Stakeholder Reporting
- Provide concise weekly reporting to senior stakeholders (status, milestones, risks/issues, decisions required, financials if applicable).
- Translate technical progress into business outcomes and clear asks (removals of blockers, approvals, trade-offs).
- Maintain executive-ready artefacts: one-page status, timeline, RAID log, and benefits/impact view.
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Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven Technical Project Manager / Delivery Manager experience delivering infrastructure or data platform migrations (cloud migration strongly preferred).
- Strong understanding of SQL Server concepts: HA/DR patterns, backup/restore, performance considerations, SSIS/SSRS/SSAS (where applicable), and dependency mapping.
- Experience coordinating cloud deployments on GCP (or equivalent cloud with ability to transfer skills).
- Strong planning discipline and attention to detail (checklists, evidence-led reporting, traceability, rigorous RAID management).
- Demonstrable experience running testing workstreams and managing defects through to closure.
- Excellent senior stakeholder management and communication skills, including steering/exec-level updates.
Desirable Experience
- Familiarity with GCP services relevant to database migrations (e.g., Cloud SQL, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud Monitoring/Logging).
- Experience with database migration tooling (e.g., Database Migration Service, replication-based migration, ETL/ELT patterns).
- Exposure to security/compliance requirements in regulated environments (financial services preferred).
- Agile delivery experience (Scrum/Kanban) blended with traditional governance where appropriate.
- ITIL / service transition experience for operational handover.
Qualifications (Preferred)
- Prince2 / PMP / APM (or equivalent)
- Cloud certification (Google Cloud – Associate/Professional, or equivalent)
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