Senior DataStage ETL Production Support Engineer

Veriipro; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking an experienced IBM DataStage Support Engineer to provide L2/L3 production support for ETL applications in a Pennington, NJ environment. The role focuses on monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management to ensure timely, reliable data processing.

Candidates should have strong IBM DataStage, Oracle Database, and SQL skills, plus experience with production issue resolution, ITIL processes, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of overall IT experience, with a minimum of 10 years preferred.
• Strong hands-on experience in IBM DataStage production support.
• Good knowledge of Oracle Database and SQL queries.
• Experience in ETL batch processing and production issue resolution.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix shell scripting and Autosys is preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams in a production support environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide Level 2/Level 3 production support for IBM DataStage ETL applications.
• Monitor daily ETL batch jobs and ensure successful completion within defined SLAs.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents, job failures, and data discrepancies.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures to avoid recurring issues.
• Monitor data loads, file transfers, scheduler jobs, and downstream system integrations.
• Coordinate with business users, application teams, database administrators, and infrastructure teams for issue resolution.
• Support release deployments, production migrations, and post-implementation validations.
• Handle service requests, incident tickets, problem tickets, and change requests in accordance with ITIL processes.
• Develop and maintain operational runbooks, SOPs, support documentation, and knowledge articles.

Skills

IBM DataStage

Oracle Database

SQL

Linux/Unix shell scripting

Autosys

ITIL processes

Cross-functional communication

Tools

Autosys

Linux shell scripting

Oracle SQL tooling

Job description

Veriipro is seeking an experienced IBM DataStage Support Engineer to provide L2/L3 production support for ETL applications in a Pennington, NJ environment. The role focuses on monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management to ensure timely, reliable data processing.

Candidates should have strong IBM DataStage, Oracle Database, and SQL skills, plus experience with production issue resolution, ITIL processes, and cross-functional collaboration.