Sr. DataStage Engineer
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Main location: United States, Louisiana, Lafayette
Position ID:J0623-1409
Employment Type: Full Time
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Position Description:
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CGI is a global organization offering a world of opportunities. Become part of an outstanding culture that gives you the freedom to innovate, influence decisions, achieve your full potential, and chart your own career.
Our benefits include a share purchase program, profit sharing, wellness credits, training and development programs and flexible work schedules and locations.
CGI is seeking a Sr. DataStage Engineer! With your expertise, you will work with a hard-working team to develop solutions for a major client. You will support and partner with the client daily with a focus across the organization. You will have the opportunity to show/grow with technology in a customer-facing role. You should be able to work independently under limited supervision. Position is based in Lafayette, LA.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
Your future duties and responsibilities
Translate requirements and data mapping documents to technical design.
Develop, improve, and maintain code following best practices and standards.
Build and implement unit test plans to support regression and system testing efforts.
Debug and provide problem solutions for issues found during testing and/or production.
Communicate status, issues, and blockers with the project team.
Support continuous improvement by identifying and solving opportunities.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
At least 7 years of shown experience in crafting and developing on IBM DataStage (11.x) designing, developing, deploying, and supporting computing applications in a large-scale, midrange, and distributed environment.
Expertise in Data Warehousing ETL Tool DataStage using Components like DataStage Designer, DataStage Director and DataStage Operations Console.
Knowledge of Data warehousing concepts, dimensional Star Schema and Snowflakes Schema methodology.
Expertise in crafting DataStage Server jobs, Parallel Jobs, Job Sequencing, Crafting Parameter Sets, Container, Environment Variables and Crafting Parallel Routines, Data Cleansing and Writing Transformation expressions to derive values and remove unwanted data.
Experience in different stages like Transformer, look up, merge stage, ODBC connector, and Oracle connector etc.
In depth experience in solving DataStage jobs and addressing issues like performance tuning.
Efficient in all phases of the development lifecycle, coherent with Data Cleansing, Data Conversion, Performance Tuning and Testing.
Experienced in analytic and problem solving skills.
Experience in Unix shell script skills
Possess good SQL skills and experience working on Oracle and/or Teradata DB’s.
Good teammate and co-ordinate with multiple teams
Should have experience working in Agile teams in onshore- offshore model
Desired qualifications/non-essential skills:
Understanding of AWS (especially Glue)
Knowledge of Python scripting
Knowledge of Testing methodologies
Ability and interest in learning new technologies
Candidates should be self-starter and have the capability to work in a fast paced, demanding, and constantly advancing environment.
Ability to perform detailed analysis of business problems and technical environments.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Positive relationship and collaborating skills.
Health Care / Health Services business area domain expertise.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science on related field.
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“CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set level, experience and training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $75,600 – $148,800.”
At CGI, we call our professionals “members” to reinforce that all who join our organization are, as owners, empowered to be a part in the challenges and rewards that come from building a best-in-class company. CGI’s benefits include:
• Competitive base salaries
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees, up to a maximum, for their job category
• 401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible members
• Generous holidays, vacation, and sick leave plans
• Comprehensive insurance plans that include, among other benefits, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, out-of-county emergency coverage in all countries of employment.
• Back-up childcare, Pet insurance, a Member Assistance Program, a 529 college savings program, a personal financial management tool, lifestyle management programs and more
Skills:
- Data Warehousing
- DataStage
- Unix
- ETL
- Oracle
- Shell Script
- SnowOptimForSap?SoftwareUser
- SQL
- Teradata
What you can expect from us:
Insights you can act on
While technology is at the heart of our clients’ digital transformation, we understand that people are at the heart of business success.
When you join CGI, you become a trusted advisor, collaborating with colleagues and clients to bring forward actionable insights that deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes. We call our employees “members” because they are CGI shareholders and owners and owners who enjoy working and growing together to build a company we are proud of. This has been our Dream since 1976, and it has brought us to where we are today – one of the world’s largest independent providers of IT and business consulting services.
At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.
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