ETL Environment Support/Administrator

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Job Description This position is primarily responsible for support, maintenance and administration of the Data Integration Environments and Infrastructure. This currently includes Informatica, Ab Initio and SAP Data Services (especially data quality). In addition, the candidate will leverage Informatica development experience to consult with application teams on related topics and may perform small development projects. Administer and support the Data Integration ETL Infrastructure, products and environments consisting primarily of Informatica 8.1 and Ab Initio 2.x (and higher)Administer and support other Data Integration related Infrastructure, products and environments from above and other vendors including Data Quality, Data profiling, Metadata Management, etc.24x7 oncall support (on a rotation basis) in a very dynamic environment with mission critical applicationsInterface with Unix Engineering, DB, Network, etc teams to perform troubleshooting, debugging, root cause analysis and resolve infrastructure issuesInterface with Support teams (some offshore), developers, etc. to perform troubleshooting, debugging, root cause analysis and resolve application issuesProactively monitor operations, capacity, etcand provide performance tuning to system components as required to ensure optimum function of Informatica environmentsProvide input/assist with architecture, implementation and support of failover, high availability, disaster recoveryPlan, coordinate, communicate, test, implement/Install product upgrades, patches, etc.. (previous experience with release upgrades a plus)Build out new application environments/onboard new applications.Develop/maintain Infrastructure, Environment Landscape and other relevant/applicable documentation.Consult with applications teams as needed on architecture, code development, tuning, best practices, etc.Develop/enhance/support HR Interface development projects design, code, test, implementation, documentation, turnover to support team, etc(following a project lifecycle methodology)Develop/enhance/support data quality development projects design, code, test, implementation, documentation, turnover to support team, etc(following a project lifecycle methodology) Skill Sets Required Data Integration ETL Informatica UNIX Ab Initio Linux Desired DB2 Oracle SAP Teradata Required Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related disciplineMinimum 8 years of industry experienceExcellent Informatica (8.x and higher) administration experience/skills installing, configuring, administering and maintaining Enterprise infrastructure/environmentsExcellent Informatica developer experience/skills using PowerCenter client tools, with a deep understanding of ETL concepts, standards and best practicesStrong Unix/Linux administration and Korn Shell Scripting experience/skillsStrong troubleshooting, debugging, root cause analysis and problem solving experience/skillsGood database development, SQL, physical database design and data modeling (Oracle, DB2, Teradata, SQL Server) experience/skillsGood Project Management and estimation (tasks, work effort, etc..) experience/skillsWeb services/SOA web technologies, JMS Topics, SAP connector experience/skillsSelfMotivated, require minimal direction/work independently, team player, share knowledge, build partnerships across the organization with a great customer service attitudeExcellent verbal and written communication skills in order to communicate with peers, business users and technical users.