Data Conversion Lead

Core Job Details Job ID : 791876 Job Title : Data Conversion Lead Client : State of North Carolina-NCDOR Job Description : The Data Conversion Lead is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing data conversion activities in support of the Tax System Modernization Program. This role ensures that accurate, complete, and usable data is migrated from legacy systems into the modern COTS platform for each release. The Data Conversion Lead works closely with the Vendor Data Conversion Lead, Functional Owners, Functional SMEs, Tax Schedule SMEs, Database Administrators, System Architects, other Vendor staff, and testing teams to define data mapping rules, oversee extract and transformation processes, and validate the quality and readiness of converted data. This individual plays a critical role in enabling the retirement of legacy systems by ensuring that historical and operational data are properly prepared and transitioned to the modern environment. Responsibility : Develop and manage the overall data conversion strategy aligned to tax schedule release timelines. In conjunction with Functional Owners, Functional SMEs, and Tax Schedule SMEs, validate converted data in the COTS system to ensure completeness, accuracy, and usability. Coordinate with System Architects to align conversion activities with the overall technical architecture and data design. Work with Database Administrators to stage, load, and monitor data migration activities. Track, triage, and resolve data conversion defects and issues across all testing and production environments. Support data readiness for training and UAT environments, ensuring that converted data is suitable for scenario execution. Contribute to cutover planning and execution of production data conversion during each release go-live. Maintain documentation of data mapping, conversion rules, trial results, and final outcomes for audit and knowledge transfer. Provide status reporting and updates to program leadership, identifying risks, blockers, and mitigation plans related to data conversion. Ensure compliance with agency data standards, security policies, and retention requirements throughout the conversion process. Direct teams of business users and technical staff, ensuring alignment with program milestones and deliverables. Adjust strategies to accommodate evolving program needs, new data discoveries, and vendor requirements over a multi-year program. Basic Qualifications : Understanding of principles and practices of establishing governance models, data ownership frameworks, and alignment with PMO structures Understanding of strategies, methodologies, and tools for large-scale legacy-to-modern system conversions, including mainframe migrations. Ability to translate program-wide modernization objectives into a data conversion roadmap that supports business continuity Techniques for identifying invalid, inconsistent, orphaned, and incomplete data, along with remediation methods and root cause analysis. Expertise in Oracle, SQL Server, and Erwin Data Modeler, including Erwin Data Modeler implementation and use of the tool for generating documentation Knowledge of government tax / revenue operations and the specific challenges in modernizing these systems. Standards for cataloging enterprise data sources and maintaining metadata at database, table, and field levels. Methods for data reconciliation, validation, and iterative conversion testing within staging environments. Ability to resolve data ambiguities and conflicts across multiple legacy sources with accuracy and efficiency. Job Location : 501 N. Wilmington St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Job Duration : 12 Month+ Job Category : Data Conversion Job Occupations :

• This is a hybrid position. The candidate will be working up to four days a week in the Raleigh office
• In person interviews are required
• Job Industries : Information Technology