DataStage Upgrade Specialist — Remote (RHEL, 11.7)

Whizdom; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible onsite/remote work

Job summary

Whizdom in Sydney is seeking a DataStage Upgrade SME for a short-term engagement (1–2 months) to assess DataStage 11.7.1 environment, define target architecture and install IBM Information Server 11.7.1.6 on RHEL 9.6. The role is flexible onsite or remote.

You will migrate assets, support testing, and go-live readiness, with baseline Australian security clearance preferred. Prior DataStage upgrade experience on RHEL is essential, and the consultant will work closely with the production team in a

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of DataStage experience.
• Hands-on DataStage 11.7 installation and configuration.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience migrating and testing DataStage environments.
• Ability to resolve installation, configuration and migration issues.
• Experience supporting production upgrade and go-live activities.

Responsibilities

• Investigate the existing DataStage 11.7 environment and define the target architecture.
• Install Information Server 11.7.1.6 on RHEL 9.6.
• Apply patches to the latest supported level.
• Configure the new environment to align with the existing setup.
• Assist with migrating jobs, configurations, metadata and scripts.
• Support regression testing and resolve technical issues.
• Assist with go-live preparation, validation and deployment activities.
• Where required, implement capabilities such as Operations Console and Information Governance Catalog.
• Configure DataStage operational metadata lineage.

Skills

DataStage 11.7

RHEL 9

Migration Testing

Go-Live

Issue Troubleshooting

Job description

Whizdom in Sydney is seeking a DataStage Upgrade SME for a short-term engagement (1–2 months) to assess DataStage 11.7.1 environment, define target architecture and install IBM Information Server 11.7.1.6 on RHEL 9.6. The role is flexible onsite or remote.

You will migrate assets, support testing, and go-live readiness, with baseline Australian security clearance preferred. Prior DataStage upgrade experience on RHEL is essential, and the consultant will work closely with the production team in a