Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 30 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Informatica Developer to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.
Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check
Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
Performs advanced (senior-level) Informatica specific developer/programmer analyst work including data modeling, implementing, designing and managing database systems, data warehouses, and ETL Data Interfaces.
Informatica ETL Developer/Programmer – working lead
The Worker will apply their expert knowledge of Informatica workflow and mapping development, in understanding and leading the direction of the team, and assistance with Informatica-related knowledge transfer or training of staff is needed for development of Informatica mappings and workflows to support the needs of internal Mainframe Transformation project teams.
Minimum (Required):
Years | Skills/Experience |
- | Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related work experience. |
5+ | Experience in Data Modeling, Database Design, PL/SQL procedure writing, and advanced ETL mapping. |
3+ | Experience using Informatica Power Exchange for IMS including creating from scratch ETL mappings from IMS to a RDBMS. ---OR--- Experience using Informatica PowerCenter including creating, debugging, and unit testing workflows. |
2+ | Experience with Oracle as a source or target. |
2+ | Experience using Data Modeling software such as ER/Studio, Erwin, or Toad Modeler (Toad Modeler preferred).
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1+ | Experience in hierarchical database and relational database design concepts including direct experience in IMS Databases, VSAM structures. |
1+ | Experience performing discovery of and translation of COBOL programs, VSAM, and IMS to relational database structures. |
- | Experience in the documentation of complex database concepts, data objects, data governance, data ETL processes, and database schemas including the creation of ERD diagrams and UML parent/child data relationship diagrams. |
- | Experience with taking convoluted and unfactored database structures and unmodeled data and having an end-to-end vision for both logical, physical and conceptual database construction and architecture. |
- | Experience with Informatica Navigator to create mainframe Capture Registrations. |
- | Experience with static maps and Change Data Capture (CDC) for bulk data movement. |
- | Ability to work well within a small, diverse team under various competing deadlines. |
- | Good communication skills (interpersonal, listening, written and oral), be self-motivated, organized, thorough, and efficient. |
Preferred (Optional):
Years | Skills/Experience |
8+ | Reviewing data storage and data flow to develop data models to ensure data integrity. |
4+ | Generating advanced SQL queries and using other data interrogation methods. |
8+ | Reviewing and interpreting business requirements and design specifications and translating them into Informatica mappings and workflows. |
8+ | Writing, revising, and verifying Informatica processes and procedures (including interface control documents, process workflows in Visio, and operational processes for Informatica). |
8+ | Leading the Informatica-related technical direction of a small team, to include the ability to troubleshoot and review code for staff knowledge transfer or training. |
8+ | Skill with data movements/Extracts (ETL) from Mainframe applications (prefer IMS COBOL). |
7+ | Experience in relational database design concepts including direct experience in Oracle RDBMS. |
5+ | Experience in hierarchical database and relational database design concepts including direct experience in IMS Databases, VSAM structures. |
8+ | Development with Informatica on-premises software. Experience must be with Navigator data mappings or with PowerCenter workflow development. Experience using Informatica Power Exchange for IMS including creating from scratch ETL mappings from IMS to a RDBMS. ---OR---Experience using Informatica PowerCenter including creating, debugging, and unit testing workflows. ---OR--- A combination of experience in Informatica Power Exchange and PowerCenter that has a minimum of 3 years in one and a total of over 8 years combined. |
3+ | Experience using Informatica/ Power Exchange Navigator to create mainframe Capture Registrations. |
3+ | Experience with static maps and Change Data Capture (CDC) for bulk data movement. |
1+ | Experience or knowledge with Microsoft SSIS |