Informatica BDM Data Engineer

GSSTech Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UAE bank is looking for a skilled Informatica BDM Data Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of experience working with Informatica Big Data Management and a strong foundation in SQL and NoSQL databases. The role requires expertise in security systems design and knowledge of networking fundamentals. Soft skills such as strong communication and team collaboration are essential. This opportunity is suited for motivated engineers who thrive in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of development and design experience in Informatica Big Data Management.
• Extensive knowledge on Oozie scheduling, HQL, Hive, HDFS, and data partitioning.
• Experience in designing, building, testing and implementing security systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality of technical and application architecture and design of systems across the organization.
• Influence multiple teams on technical considerations, increasing productivity and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with teams while owning and driving responsibilities without supervision.

Skills

Informatica Big Data Management

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

Shell scripting

Agile methodology

DevOps

CI/CD principles

Security systems design

Distributed services monitoring

Networking basics

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Informatica BDM Data Engineer to join our team at a leading UAE bank.

Qualifications and Experience

• Education Degree, Postgraduate in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent industry experience)
• Minimum 4+ years of development and design experience in Informatica Big Data Management
• Extensive knowledge on Oozie scheduling, HQL, Hive, HDFS (including usage of storage controllers) and data partitioning

Technical Skills

• Extensive experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Linux OS configuration and use, including shell scripting
• Good hands‑on experience with design patterns and their implementation
• Well versed with Agile, DevOps and CI/CD principles (GitHub, Jenkins etc.), and actively involved in solving, troubleshooting issues in distributed services ecosystem
• Familiar with distributed services resiliency and monitoring in a production environment
• Experience in designing, building, testing and implementing security systems – including identifying security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements
• Responsible for adhering to established policies, following best practices, developing and possessing an in-depth understanding of exploits and vulnerabilities, resolving issues by taking the appropriate corrective action
• Knowledge on security controls designing Source and Data Transfers including CRON, ETLs, and JDBC-ODBC scripts
• Understand basics of networking including DNS, Proxy, ACL, Policy and troubleshooting
• High level knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements of data including but not limited to encryption, anonymization, data integrity, policy control features in large scale infrastructures
• Understand data sensitivity in terms of logging, events and in memory data storage – such as no card numbers or personally identifiable data in logs
• Implements wrapper solutions for new/existing components with no/minimal security controls to ensure compliance to bank standards

Functional Skills

• Experience in Agile methodology
• Ensure quality of technical and application architecture and design of systems across the organization
• Effectively research and benchmark technology against other best in class technologies
• Experience in Banking, Financial and Fintech experience in an enterprise environment preferred
• Able to influence multiple teams on technical considerations, increasing their productivity and effectiveness, by sharing deep knowledge and experience
• Self‑motivator and self‑starter, Ability to own and drive things without supervision and works collaboratively with the teams across the organization

Soft Skills

• Have excellent soft and interpersonal skills to interact and present the ideas to team
• The engineer should've good listening skills and speaks clearly in front of team, stakeholders and management
• The engineer should always carry positive attitude towards work and establishes effective team relations and builds a climate of trust within the team
• Should be enthusiastic and passionate and creates a motivating environment for the team