Data Engineer with French

International Business Machines Corporation; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is hiring a Data Engineer with French to join our Client Innovation Centers. You will design and implement PostgreSQL solutions for enterprise data platforms and support migration initiatives, collaborating with data engineers and application teams.

You will optimize SQL, stored procedures, and triggers, contribute to migration testing, and ensure data validity while working in a hybrid environment with global client engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Advanced PostgreSQL development with SQL, functions and triggers.
• Sybase to SQL migration and data transformation expertise.
• Data validation, reconciliation, and migration testing experience.
• Fluent French and English communication for technical collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop advanced PostgreSQL database solutions supporting enterprise data platforms and migration initiatives.
• Build and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and triggers to improve application performance and data reliability.
• Collaborate with data engineers and application teams to execute Sybase-to-PostgreSQL migration activities, including transformation, validation, and testing.
• Contribute to data architecture decisions, troubleshoot complex database issues, and ensure delivery quality across migration and development streams.

Skills

PostgreSQL development

SQL performance optimization

Sybase to PostgreSQL migration

Data validation & migration testing

French & English communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Shell scripting

Python

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide.

You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact.

At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results.

Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

Design and develop advanced PostgreSQL database solutions supporting enterprise data platforms and migration initiatives.

Build and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and triggers to improve application performance and data reliability.

Collaborate with data engineers and application teams to execute Sybase-to-PostgreSQL migration activities, including transformation, validation, and testing.

Contribute to data architecture decisions, troubleshoot complex database issues, and ensure delivery quality across migration and database issues, and ensure delivery quality across migration and development streams.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Advanced PostgreSQL development with SQL, functions, and triggers
• Strong stored procedure design and query performance optimization
• Sybase to SQL migration and data transformation expertise
• Data validation, reconciliation, and migration testing experience
• Fluent French and English communication for technical collaboration

Preferred technical and professional experience

• PostgreSQL indexing, partitioning, and execution plan analysis
• ETL development and data pipeline troubleshooting
• Shell scripting or Python for migration automation
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, and release management practices
• Familiarity with Agile delivery and enterprise data platforms

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Job Title

Data Engineer with French

Job ID

134692

City / Township / Village

State / Province

Country

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Data & Analytics

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand

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Shift

General (daytime)

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