IBM Data Stage Engineer

Contract IBM Data Stage Engineer role in Cottonwood Heights, UT (remote) with a $170/hour rate, focused on data engineering, ETL/ELT development, and scalable data pipelines using IBM DataStage, SQL, and MPP databases.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows to support analytics and data warehousing initiatives.
• Develop data integration processes using IBM DataStage, SQL, and MPP databases, ensuring reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions.
• Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and error handling to minimize defects and outages in data flows.
• Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, and maintainability across on-site and remote environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT development, or related roles.
• Proven ability to design and operate scalable data pipelines.
• Strong experience with ETL tools such as IBM DataStage (or similar).
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases.
• Hands-on experience with Greenplum or other MPP databases.
• Solid knowledge of Unix/Linux commands and shell scripting.
• Experience with Control-M or other job scheduling tools.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts (fact/dimension, star schema).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Technologies

• IBM DataStage
• SQL
• Relational databases
• Greenplum
• Unix/Linux
• Shell scripting
• Control-M

Compensation

• Hourly rate: $170 per hour

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