Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer

MetLife; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector is looking for a Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer to join their Global Technology team. This role focuses on data integration and management, requiring significant experience in technology solutions and advanced data products. The successful candidate will contribute to building innovative solutions that enhance customer experiences while ensuring backend infrastructure efficiency. Join MetLife for a chance to drive significant projects that shape the future of customer data management.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plan with dental and vision

401(k) with employer matching

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• 7+ years in engineering capacity for enterprise systems.
• 10+ years in production support of ETL and data integration.
• 1-2 years with Informatica and RDBMS technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and support of data integration technologies.
• Partner with teams to exceed customer expectations.
• Evaluate new data management products and manage projects.

Skills

Data transformation

Informatica

Strategic thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Linux

Windows

RDBMS (MSSQL, Oracle)

Cloud-based data integration platforms

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The Team You Will Join

On MetLife’s Global Technology team, what you build here matters. We view our solutions through the eyes of the customers and are always striving to transform and simplify their experience. Whether your focus is keeping our customers’ and employees’ data and information safe, developing best-in-class digital and cloud solutions, or leveraging data and analytics to transform customer insights into customer-first solutions, you make an impact for the customers we serve. We each play an integral role in bringing MetLife’s purpose of building a more confident future to life. Sound like a team you’d like to work with? Join us!

Requirements

Description and Requirements

The Team You Will Join

On MetLife’s Global Technology team, what you build here matters. We view our solutions through the eyes of the customers and are always striving to transform and simplify their experience. Whether your focus is keeping our customers’ and employees’ data and information safe, developing best-in-class digital and cloud solutions, or leveraging data and analytics to transform customer insights into customer-first solutions, you make an impact for the customers we serve. We each play an integral role in bringing MetLife’s purpose of building a more confident future to life. Sound like a team you’d like to work with? Join us!

The Opportunity

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and support activities for MetLife's enterprise data management and integration systems, the underlying infrastructure, and integrations with other enterprise systems and applications globally. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of MetLife’s data integration strategy and explore emerging technologies supporting Extract Transform and Load.

Success in this role requires advanced knowledge of data transformation and integration products like Informatica, along with the ability to think strategically and communicate effectively. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership in the planning, engineering, design, implementation and support of data management and integration system infrastructures and technologies. You’ll collaborate closely with partner teams in Global Technology and Application Development in an environment where every contribution is respected, and every perspective is heard.

How You’ll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)

• Lead in the planning, engineering, design, implementation and ongoing support of data integration technologies.
• Partner with the Capacity Management, Production Management, Application Development Teams, and the Business to ensure customer expectations are maintained and exceeded.
• Participate in the evaluation and recommendation of new data management and integration products and technologies, and maintain knowledge of emerging technologies for application to the enterprise.
• Manage project planning and resource alignment across multiple technologies.
• Develop solutions for complex data management and integration system issues (Tier 3 support)
• Coordinate application infrastructure maintenance activities and disaster recovery testing.
  
  
  

What You Need To Succeed (Required Qualifications)

• 7+ years of experience working in an Engineering capacity (planning, design, implementation, configuration, upgrades, migrations, troubleshooting) of highly available Enterprise systems using Linux or Windows to host the vendor data management and integration product suites.
• 10 years of experience working in a Production support capacity (installation, configuration, troubleshooting) of Informatica extract transform load, data integration, and managed file transfer products.
• 1-2 years of experience working with Informatica data integration and transformation products.
• 1-2 years of experience working with RDBMS (MSSQL, Oracle) and DB2 technologies.
• Ability to think strategically and effectively communicate solutions to customers and various levels of management.
  
  
  

What Can Give You An Edge (Additional Skills)

• 1-2 years of experience working with cloud-based data integration platforms (Informatica Intelligent Cloud, Informatica Data Management Cloud, Azure Data Factory).
• Advanced experience with Informatica Product suite: PowerCenter, Power Exchange, Data Quality, Data Engineering, B2B Data Exchange, Metadata Manager, and Master Data Management.
• Advanced experience with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services: Intelligent Data Management Cloud
• Advanced experience with Big Data Ecosystem: Hortonworks Data Platform, HDFS, Hive, HBASE, Kafka and related data integration technologies.
• An understanding of Disaster Recovery and High Availability technologies.
• Experience in design and developing Automation/Scripting (shell, Perl, PowerShell, Python, Java, Chef, Ansible).
  
  
  

The salary range for applicants for this position is $120,000 - $155,000.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For , MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”).

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [e-mail]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

$120,000 - $155,000

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance

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