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*Posting ID: 42077 Columbus, OH - IT - DOH - Technical Specialist 1/TS1* *Role: Data stage Consultant * *Location: Columbus, OH – Only Locals* *Interview type: onsite interviews* *Candidates must be available to work onsite M-F weekly* *Do not submit candidates unavailable to interview onsite. * *Interested candidates send thier resumes at nav...@dsiginc.com <nav...@dsiginc.com> * Please also set the expectation with candidates that a PO will take 2-3+ weeks to generate at DOH. A start date will likely be 3 weeks out from offer. The selected individual will be working with our current Cognos developers converting to Data Stage and assist in our efforts in moving to Cognos Analytics (v.11). Description of Duties: 25% of Total Work Effort: IBM DataStage Migration 25% of Total Work Effort: Mentoring and Training 25% of Total Work Effort: ETL Development 14% of Total Work Effort: Data Profiling 10% of Total Work Effort: DataStage Administration 1% of Total Work Effort: Agile/Scrum process (TFS) Cognos BI/DW will bring together the Agency's data resources to create on-demand reporting across the enterprise. This will allow management to look at information for various Program areas to aid in better business intelligence, KPIs and decision making. This project is passed the pilot proof of concept sell to executive management and is now in the implementation stage. Cognos BI/DW will bring together the Agency's data resources to create on-demand reporting across the enterprise. This will allow management to look at information for various Program areas to aid in better business intelligence, KPIs and decision making. This project is passed the pilot proof of concept sell to executive management and is now in the implementation stage. REQUIRED: 5-10 years using Data Stage (preferable experience converting Data Manager to Data Stage) Preferred: Experience mentoring other developers/strong communication skills needed Preferred: Knowledge of the Agile/Scrum process Our source database tool set is SQL Server (ideal candidate would have SQL exp.) Preferred: Experienced ETL developer Candidate must be onsite for the duration of the assignment, working a full workweek onsite at Ohio Department of Health. Program areas within the Agency are prioritized and queued up for dash-boarding project work to last approximately a couple of years. *Description of Duties* 25% of Total Work Effort: IBM DataStage Migration 25% of Total Work Effort: Mentoring and Training 25% of Total Work Effort: ETL Development 14% of Total Work Effort: Data Profiling 10% of Total Work Effort: DataStage Administration 1% of Total Work Effort: Agile/Scrum process (TFS) *Project Current State* Our current BI and Data Warehouse team is using Cognos 10.2 for reporting and Cognos Data Manager for ETL. We currently provide reporting and data services for a few business areas at Ohio Department of Health. Our current Data Warehouse database is on SQL Server platform. We are a growing team and are looking for a DataStage and ETL developer to help us with our projects. *Project Future State* In the near future, we will be moving to Cognos Analytics (v11) for reporting and IBM DataStage for ETL. We will begin to service all business areas within the Ohio Department of Health. One of the main goals is to provide business areas with the tools they need to monitor performance and create their own reports as needed. Project deliverables will include multi-tab dashboards in Cognos along with self-serve data models in Cognos. The data used to feed the dashboard reports needs to be optimized so that it can be run quickly and also be reused for future reporting and end-user self-service needs. For this reason, strong SQL skills are required. *Data Manager to DataStage Migration * The current ETL tool being used is Cognos Data Manager. This tool has been in place for ten years here at Ohio Department of Health. This tool is being phased out by IBM and support for this product is ending soon. For this reason, we have been looking for a different ETL tool. After researching many options we have selected IBM’s DataStage as our new ETL tool. One of the benefits of using IBM’s DataStage is that we will be able to utilize their conversion tool, which automatically converts existing Cognos Data Manager jobs to DataStage. This tool should do most of the work, though some manual changes will most likely be required. Cognos Data Manager experience is preferred, though DataStage experience is required. The ideal candidate will have experience migrating from one ETL tool to IBM DataStage. Install and configure the new DataStage environment, utilizing best practices. Enhance migrated jobs in DataStage in order to take advantage of parallel processing and change data capture. *Mentoring & Training* The current developers on the team do not have experience with IBM DataStage. One of the responsibilities of this new role is mentoring and training the current team on DataStage. Examples of mentoring topics may include overview of and introduction to DataStage, deployment, DataStage administration, working with metadata, creating parallel jobs, accessing sequential data, partitioning and collecting, combining data, group processing stages, transformer stage, repository functions, working with relational data, job control, and intersecting with other information server products. Resource will also be expected to share learning lessons along with tips and tricks. Resource will shadow developers and guide them as needed. *Training Topics* The ideal candidate should be able to train the current team on the DataStage topics listed below. · Describe the uses of DataStage and the DataStage workflow · Describe the Information Server architecture and how DataStage fits within it · Describe the Information Server and DataStage deployment options · Use the Information Server Web Console and the DataStage Administrator client to create DataStage users and to configure the DataStage environment · Import and export DataStage objects to a file · Import table definitions for sequential files and relational tables · Design, compile, run, and monitor DataStage parallel jobs · Design jobs that read and write to sequential files · Describe the DataStage parallel processing architecture · Design jobs that combine data using joins and lookups · Design jobs that sort and aggregate data · Implement complex business logic using the DataStage Transformer stage · Debug DataStage jobs using the DataStage PX Debugger · Read and write to database tables using DataStage ODBC and DB2 Connector stages · Work with the Repository functions such as search and impact analysis · Build job sequences that controls batches of jobs · Understand how FastTrack and Metadata Workbench can be profitably used with DataStage *Data Profiling* We currently are pulling data from a few source systems. We are currently gathering requirements for dozens of dashboards, each from at least one (and maybe more) source systems. Each dashboard project will require data profiling, ETL, and report development work. On some projects, the Cognos resource who will be developing the dashboard reports will also design the new reporting tables (ideally in dimension and fact tables). On other projects, the ETL developer will take on the data profiling responsibilities in addition to the actually ETL work itself. The candidate must have experience creating reporting tables. This involves working with the report developer, business analyst, end-user, and maybe the technical subject matter expert. The reporting table will need to contain all of the business logic required for the reports, so that the calculations are performed during ETL, and not in Framework Manager or Report Studio. There will be reporting tables created for each dashboard project. The ETL developer needs to have strong SQL skills in order to optimize the table builds, in addition to reviewing and optimizing the SQL code of other developers. *ETL Development* Create ETL packages and jobs to pull data from source system and also create reporting tables. Create new ETL jobs and tune existing ETL jobs. Review code from data modeler and make recommendations and changes in order to improve performance. Create indexes for tables which are being pulled in as needed. *DataStage Administration* Administer DataStage system by setting-up new data sources, monitor performance of ETL jobs and resolve all issues, communicate any issues to team and business users, implement practices to mitigate issues, and work with DBAs as needed to investigate any data source connection issues. Schedule ETL jobs to run at optimal times as to not interfere with live operational data, yet pull the most current data. Set-up notification emails to monitor success or failure of ETL jobs. Communicate status of ETL jobs to team and mentor other developers on how to resolve issues. Monitor ETL sequence and make changes as needed. Mid-day data refresh as needed in Development and Production environments. Coordinate Cognos read access to Data Warehouse data sources. *Monitor Growth* The data housed in our data warehouse will be growing exponentially, and in a short time frame. This resource will be responsible for tracking the growth rate and keeping the team and management updated on any hardware changes and recommendation so that our systems can handle our growth. *Data Retention* Selected resource will help to define a data retention policy. Each business area may have different requirements as to how far back they need to go when viewing historical data. This resource will work with the current team and the business users in order to document a data retention policy. This should include data archiving and a schedule for adhering to the policies defined. *Agile/Scrum Process and TFS* We use Agile/Scrum here at Ohio Department of Health. You will be required to participate in daily Scrum meetings, attend monthly sprint planning meetings, and estimate effort of sprint tasks. We track effort in Team Foundation Server (TFS) and you will be required to enter your time daily. Communicate any roadblocks to project manager as they arise. *Release Management* Selected resource will learn and follow our release management process. This includes identifying the schedule in which the deployment needs to occur (standard release, non-standard release, or emergency release). This would take place after we have validated that it is running correctly in our Test environment. We also need to receive approval from our product owners in order to proceed to Production. There should always be a User Acceptance Sign off from the program. SharePoint is where we store our Release Management forms and documents. You will need to submit a deployment request and attend the CAB meeting. In the CAB meeting, you will explain the change and answer any questions or address concerns from the CAB. The ETL resource will be responsible for identifying the database rollback process for each database deployment. If a rollback should take place as needed, the Release Manager needs to be notified. The database team will restore the database to a backup taken prior to the deployment. The database team will re-deploy the most recent working version of ETL code. The previous version of any ETL or command line applications will be reinstalled from a backup. *Migration to Cognos Analytics (v.11)* Our team will also be migrating from Cognos 10.2 to Cognos Analytics (v11). This will take place after the DataStage migration. This resource will help with this migration by offering assistance as needed, performing load testing, and monitoring any changes in database performance with the upgrade. *Experience* *Required* 5-10 years using IBM DataStage Great communication skills Ability to work independently and collaboratively Experience tuning and optimizing ETL jobs Strong SQL skills DataStage Administration ETL Development Data Profiling DataStage Administration (Required) Candidate should have experience setting-up new data sources, monitoring performance of ETL jobs and resolving issues, communicating issues to team and business users, implementing practices to mitigate issues, and working with DBAs as needed to investigate data source connection issues. Candidate should also have experience scheduling ETL jobs to run at optimal times as to not interfere with live operational data, setting-up notification emails to monitor success or failure of ETL jobs, communicating status of ETL jobs to team and mentoring other developers on how to resolve issues, monitoring ETL sequence and making changes as needed. Should also have experience with mid-day data refresh as needed ETL Development (Required) Experience creating ETL packages and jobs to pull data from source system Experience create reporting tables Experience creating new ETL jobs and tuning existing ETL jobs Experience review code from data modeler and making recommendations and changes in order to improve performance. Experience creating indexes for tables as needed Data Profiling (Required) The candidate must have experience creating reporting tables. This involves working with report developers, business analysts, end-users, and even the technical subject matter experts. Experience creating reporting tables which contain all of the business logic required for the reports, so that the calculations are performed during ETL, and not in Framework Manager or Report Studio. *Preferred* Migration of ETL platform (preferable experience converting Cognos Data Manager to IBM DataStage) Experience creating fact and dimension tables is preferred Our source database tool set is SQL Server (ideal candidate would have SQL exp.) Experience mentoring other developers/strong communication skills needed Experience using change data capture functionality in DataStage Knowledge of the Agile/Scrum process Experienced ETL developer Experience with release management process Experience with Agile/Scrum process ETL Platform Migration (Preferred) · Experience migration from one ETL tool to another (ideally to IBM DataStage) · Experience using IBM’s conversion tool, which automatically converts existing Cognos Data Manager jobs to DataStage · Cognos Data Manager experience is preferred, though DataStage experience is required · Experience installing and configuring a new DataStage environment · Experience enhancing migrated jobs in DataStage in order to take advantage of parallel processing and change data capture Mentoring & Training (Preferred) · Experience mentoring and training on DataStage · Experience shadowing developers and guiding them as needed Migration to Cognos Analytics (Preferred) Experience migrating from one version of Cognos to another, preferably 10.2 to 11 (Cognos Analytics) Monitor Growth (Preferred) The ideal candidate will have experience tracking the database growth rate and keeping the team and management updated on any hardware changes and recommendation so that the systems can handle the growth. Data Retention (Preferred) Experience with data retention is preferred. Ideally by defining and implementing a data retention policy with consideration to varying needs by different business areas in regards to historical data. *Please revert back with the below requested information along with a latest copy of your profile.* Position id: Full Name: Phone: Email: Location: Availability: Available for Face to Face: Work Authorization: Validity if H1b: Skype: Rate (Hourly): *List of Domains you worked with:* *Technical Specializations :* Regards, *Naveen A* *Data Systems Integration Group Inc,* 5131 Post Rd, Suite 175, Dublin, OH - 43017 Email : nav...@dsiginc.com Phone : 614-344-4600 x 114 Fax : 1866.421.8583 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle-Projects" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to oracle-projects+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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