Blackbuck Insights Technology/Software

Informatica Senior Developer

Chennai, India In person Full-time

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced and results-oriented Senior Developer with deep ETL expertise in Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica BDM/DEI, Confluent Kafka, Hadoop, SQL, Linux scripting, and good knowledge in Informatica PowerExchange. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting enterprise-scale data integration and data platform solutions within a complex healthcare environment.

This role requires strong hands-on experience in ETL development, data engineering, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and support production support team. The individual will lead technical design and implementation activities, ensuring delivery of scalable, reliable, and high-performing data solutions.

The Senior Developer will collaborate closely with business and technology stakeholders across India and the United States, providing technical leadership, driving solution architecture discussions, and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver project objectives. Success in this role demands strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication abilities, and the capability to independently drive complex data initiatives from requirements gathering through deployment and ongoing support.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain enterprise ETL solutions using Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica BDM/DEI.
  • Build scalable batch and real-time data integration pipelines leveraging Confluent Kafka.
  • Develop and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and data quality processes for large-volume datasets.
  • Work with Hadoop ecosystem components for data processing and integration.
  • Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical design and implementation solutions.
  • Work with release management team for project delivery and very good knowledge on GitLab or Jira.
  • Perform code reviews, unit testing, deployment support, and production issue resolution.
  • Troubleshoot ETL performance bottlenecks and optimize workflows for scalability and reliability.
  • Collaborate with Architecture, Data Engineering, QA, and Business teams during project delivery.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, design artifacts, and operational runbooks.
  • Mentor junior developers and promote engineering best practices across the team.
  • Participate in production support rotations and provide timely resolution of critical issues.

Eligible and Educational qualitificaton

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher from a reputed university
  • 8-12 years of progressive experience in data engineering, with a strong focus on ETL development.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Technical Skills

Informatica

  • Strong hands-on experience in:
  • o Informatica PowerCenter
  • o Informatica BDM (Big Data Management) / DEI (Data Engineering Integration)
  • o Mapping development, workflows, parameterization, deployment, and performance tuning
  • Good knowledge of:
  • o Informatica PowerExchange
  • o CDC (Change Data Capture) concepts
  • o Metadata and repository management

Data Engineering

  • Strong experience with:
  • o Confluent Kafka
  • o Hadoop Ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, Spark)
  • o Data warehousing concepts
  • o Data migration and reconciliation processes

Database & Query Optimization

  • Advanced SQL development skills
  • Experience with Oracle, DB2, Teradata, or similar RDBMS
  • Ability to optimize complex queries and ETL processing

Linux & Automation

  • Strong Shell/Bash scripting experience
  • File handling, scheduling, monitoring, and deployment automation
  • Knowledge of Unix/Linux administration concepts

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Healthcare data platforms and MDM ecosystems.
  • Exposure to cloud-based data integration platforms.
  • Knowledge of Spark migration and optimization.
  • Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices for data engineering projects.
  • Familiarity with data governance and data quality frameworks.

Soft Skills

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to work independently and drive initiatives with minimal supervision.
  • Experience leading small technical teams and mentoring junior engineers.
  • Strong ownership mindset and commitment to delivery excellence.

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