Job Description:

Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting

• Contribute into the initial coding estimates.

• Support the team in project planning activities and in evaluating risks.

• Communicate regularly with the team about development changes, scheduling, and status.

Design

• Understand assigned detailed (LLD) design and do code development

Qualifications:

The major responsibility of this role is to do BI & DWH project implementations using ETL tools – Informatica/ SyncSort, Querying using HIVE, PRESTO, Spark. He/she is responsible for guiding the team and sharing knowledge with them. Candidate will be responsible for successful deployment and support of the code. He/she will be responsible for guiding and mentoring team members and new hires.

Competencies/Skills: Individual Contributor Competencies

Skills:

• 2-4 years of hands-on and good experience in ETL tools – Informatica

• Excellent Communication and analytic skills

• Good Understanding of Data Warehousing and Data Modelling and be able to interpret logical, physical data models, conceptual models, and ER Diagrams.

• Knowledge of SAFe Agile Methodology

• Perform hands-on design and development activities for Extract Transform and Load (ETL) tasks using Guardian approved tools like Informatica and adept at performing impact analysis for ETL changes.

• Perform hands-on development activities using Guardian approved tools like Syncsort components (DMX tasks and jobs, integrating with scheduler), HIVE, HAWQ, Spark SQL, AWS-EMR and perform Unit testing for all deliverables (good to have)

• Perform hands-on UNIX, PL/SQL development and perform Unit testing for all deliverables

• Create and maintain Technical documentation for work deliverables including but not limited to Functional specification, Unit Test Plans, Deployment and Migration Documents, Mapping Document, Data Flow Document, Runbooks and Release notes

• Coordinate and interact with the On-site / Off-shore team to clarify on requirements / issues if any

• Perform all applicable SDLC activities for the work items assigned including requirement analysis, impact analysis and effort estimations.

• Perform initial analysis of tasks, perform effort estimations based on Guardian standards, assign and monitor work queues.

• Provide Review, Testing support and production deployment and post-production (warranty) support for work deliverables

• Ensure adherence to Guardian Security, Compliance and Development Standards for work deliverables.

• Co-ordination with the Guardian SME's and participate in knowledge transition sessions

• Establish, maintain, and enforce ETL design principles, techniques, standards, and best practices

• Review and assess existing ETL applications, to support new features, performance improvements, upgrades, and provide ongoing support.

• Resolve any Application defects or Job abends

• Work closely with other teams – DBA’s, Network, Storage, Scheduling and User Admin to triage issues and resolve job abends

• Work on creating steady state deliverables and provide clarifications required for timely Production incident resolution and carrying out

• On Call Level 2 Production support activities for supported applications

• Self-motivated and ability to work on his/her individual capacity

Technology:

• Informatica, SSIS, Syncsort, UNIX, PL/SQL, Querying using HIVE, PRESTO, Spark, understanding of Data Warehousing and Data Modelling, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, UDB, HADOOP, AWS EMR, Python

• Informatica Certified preferred

Education and Experience:

Education: B.Tech Computers/MCA

Experience: 2 to 4 years in development projects with BI/ DWH background.

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai

Every day, Guardian helps our 29 million customers realize their dreams through a range of insurance and financial products and services. Our Purpose, to inspire well-being, guides our dedication to the colleagues, consumers, and communities we serve. We know that people count, and we go above and beyond to prepare them for the life they want to live, focusing on their overall well-being — mind, body, and wallet. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we put our customers first. Behind every bright future is a GuardianTM. Learn more about Guardian at guardianlife.com .