IICS Lead with GCP and Python (Onsite)
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Austin, TX
posted 6 months ago
About the position
Cognizant is seeking an experienced IICS Lead with expertise in GCP and Python to join our team in Austin, TX. This role is pivotal in leveraging digital technologies, including analytics and artificial intelligence, to enhance business operations and customer understanding. The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting and clarifying both functional and technical requirements, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the overall system landscape, including upstream and downstream systems. The position requires a strong background in ETL development and architecture, with a focus on performance tuning and optimization within Informatica Cloud Services (IICS). In this role, you will demonstrate the features and functions of Informatica Cloud to achieve optimal results, effectively communicating technical concepts to business partners. You will lead and collaborate with multiple large, multi-functional project teams, providing mentorship in debugging and problem-solving. Additionally, you will review and optimize ETL technical specifications and code developed by your team, ensuring alignment with the overall system architecture and data flow. Experience in Agile project standards is essential, as you will be working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have 10-12 years of strong ETL development and architecting experience, with a solid foundation in data warehousing, solution design, and data analytics. Hands-on experience with performance tuning and pushdown optimization in IICS is required, along with exposure to Talend, GCP BigQuery, SQL, and UNIX scripting. Familiarity with Python, Shell Scripting, Control-M, GCP Data Flow, and GCP Composer is also desired. This position offers a competitive salary and is eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards based on performance.
Responsibilities
- Understand, interpret, and clarify functional and technical requirements.
- Understand the overall system landscape, including upstream and downstream systems.
- Develop efficient ETL code based on technical specifications.
- Demonstrate Informatica Cloud features/functions to achieve optimal results.
- Communicate technical concepts and implications to business partners.
- Collaborate with and lead multiple large multi-functional project teams for requirements and delivery.
- Provide mentorship on debugging and problem-solving.
- Review and optimize ETL technical specifications and code developed by the team.
- Ensure alignment with overall system architecture and data flow.
- Work experience on Agile project standards.
Requirements
- 10-12 years of strong ETL development and architecting experience.
- Experience in Data Warehouse, Solution Design, and Data Analytics.
- Hands-on experience in performance tuning and pushdown optimization in IICS.
- Exposure to Talend, GCP BigQuery, SQL, and UNIX scripting.
- Exposure to Python and Shell Scripting, Control-M, GCP Data Flow, and GCP Composer.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
