ETL Lead

TechDigital Group; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group in New Jersey seeks an experienced ETL Lead to design, develop, and manage enterprise-scale data integration solutions across multiple source and target systems. You will lead ETL development initiatives, mentor team members, and collaborate with business and data stakeholders.

This role drives data modernization, data warehousing, reporting, analytics, and cloud migration initiatives, with emphasis on data quality, governance, and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading ETL/ELT projects.
• Strong SQL and database programming skills.
• Experience with cloud migration and data modernization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of ETL/ELT solutions.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable data integration architectures.
• Develop and optimize ETL workflows, mappings, transformations, and data pipelines.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, governance, and compliance across data platforms.
• Collaborate with business analysts, data architects, data engineers, and application teams.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve complex production issues.
• Drive ETL performance tuning and optimization initiatives.
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and development guidelines.
• Lead code reviews and mentor junior ETL developers.
• Support data migration, modernization, and cloud transformation projects.
• Manage project deliverables, timelines, and stakeholder communications.
• Implement CI/CD and DevOps practices for ETL deployment and monitoring.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, data flow diagrams, and operational procedures.

Skills

ETL development

Leadership

SQL

Data warehousing

Data governance

Cloud migration

Tools

Informatica PowerCenter / IICS

Talend

SSIS

IBM DataStage

Ab Initio

AWS Glue

Matillion

Job description

We are seeking an experienced ETL Lead to design, develop, and manage enterprise-scale data integration solutions. The ideal candidate will lead ETL development initiatives, mentor team members, collaborate with business and data stakeholders, and ensure high-quality data movement across multiple source and target systems. The ETL Lead will play a critical role in driving data modernization, data warehousing, reporting, analytics, and cloud migration initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of ETL/ELT solutions.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable data integration architectures.
• Develop and optimize ETL workflows, mappings, transformations, and data pipelines.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, governance, and compliance across data platforms.
• Collaborate with business analysts, data architects, data engineers, and application teams.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve complex production issues.
• Drive ETL performance tuning and optimization initiatives.
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and development guidelines.
• Lead code reviews and mentor junior ETL developers.
• Support data migration, modernization, and cloud transformation projects.
• Manage project deliverables, timelines, and stakeholder communications.
• Implement CI/CD and DevOps practices for ETL deployment and monitoring.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, data flow diagrams, and operational procedures.

Skills:

• Strong experience in ETL development and leadership.
• Expertise in one or more ETL tools:
• Informatica PowerCenter / IICS
• Talend
• SSIS
• IBM DataStage
• Ab Initio
• AWS Glue
• Matillion
• Strong SQL and database programming skills.
• Knowledge of Data Warehousing and Dimensional Modeling concepts.
• Experience working with large-scale data integration and migration projects.
• Strong understanding of data quality and data governance principles.
• Experience with scheduling and orchestration tools such as Control-M, Airflow, or Autosys.
• Familiarity with source control tools like Git, Azure DevOps, or Bitbucket.

Experience with relational databases:

• Oracle
• SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL

Knowledge of cloud platforms:

• Azure
• AWS
• Google Cloud Platform