Teradata Developer

EXL; Pune District, Gurugram District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL in Pune is seeking a seasoned Teradata Data Engineer to lead data engineering strategy and drive Teradata projects.

You will design and optimize ETL/ELT processes, craft complex SQL, and collaborate with analysts in an Agile environment to deliver scalable data warehouse solutions.

The role emphasizes performance tuning, architecture understanding, and production support within enterprise-grade systems.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on Teradata development experience.
• Strong SQL with complex logic and procedures.
• Deep Teradata architecture knowledge: PE, AMP, VDisks, Hashing.
• Experience with Teradata utilities and indexing strategies.
• Ability to optimize I/O and storage performance.
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise Teradata data warehouse solutions.
• Develop complex SQL queries, stored procedures, macros, views, and scripts.
• Monitor and optimise query performance, workload management, and database utilisation.
• Support Teradata database upgrades, migrations, and modernisation initiatives.
• Implement data quality, data governance, and security best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolution.

Skills

Teradata development

SQL optimization

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT design

Performance tuning

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Mload

FastLoad

TPUMP

FastExport

BTQMAIN

TPT Wrappers

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Lead data engineering strategy across projects. Drive innovation in practices and optimization. Represent team in executive meetings. Develop long‑term data plans.
• Hands on experience in Teradata development and proficient with BTEQ scripts, ability to understand complex logic‑based SQLs, joins & Procedures.
• Must know Teradata Utilities Mload, FastLoad, TPUMP, FastExport, BTQMAIN, TPT Wrappers.
• Should have in‑depth understanding of Teradata architecture & concepts - PE, Bynet, Vdisks, AMPs, Vprocs, Indexing, Hashing, Data Distribution/Duplication.
• Ability to choose the correct Indexes for a Database - NUPI, UPI, NUSI, USI to support Load and Extract Data operations to achieve optimal performance for storage and access to the Database.
• Experience in understanding Spool Space, Amp Skewness, Hot AMP issues and providing solutions to overcome it.
• Should be able to work with TDBA/Teradata Admin to understand solutions provided & transform it to technical/application level to implement the same to improve SQL performance.
• -Hands on experience in using performance tuning techniques - Collect Stats, usage of Partitioned Primary Index, Join Indexes, use of Secondary Indexes, avoiding FTS/all AMPs access operation.
• Expert in optimizing I/O & Storage Performance thru MVC/ALC/BLC.
• Responsible for implementation and ongoing administration of Teradata infrastructure Solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise‑scale data warehouse solutions using Teradata.
• Develop complex SQL queries, stored procedures, macros, views, and scripts to support business requirements.
• Perform Teradata database design, physical and logical data modelling.
• Create and optimize ETL/ELT processes for data extraction, transformation, and loading.
• Analyse source systems and perform data mapping, data profiling, and data validation activities.
• Monitor and optimise query performance, workload management, and database utilisation.
• Work with business analysts, architects, and stakeholders to understand reporting and analytics requirements.
• Support Teradata database upgrades, migrations, and modernisation initiatives.
• Implement data quality, data governance, and security best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolution.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and data lineage documentation.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Execute test scripts against the modified scripts under supervision. You understand the role of testing and how it works.
• Deploy the refined solutions to the Prod after Testing & UAT/BAT.