Hi, We are currently looking for "Informatica Tech Lead/ SME with Finance experience". The requirement details are as follows
Role: Informatica Tech Lead/ SME with Finance experience Location: Hartford, CT Duration: 6 months Description: The Finance Systems Technical Lead is responsible for providing technical support for all applications within the Finance Systems suite. This position will report to the Finance Production Systems Manager and the candidate must possess a comprehensive understanding of the Finance, Actuarial, Reinsurance and Data Warehousing systems. The candidate will work in a Global Production Support team with an offshore/onshore outsourcing model. PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Production Support: * Works as part of the Finance System Support Team to implement changes, enhancements and to troubleshoot production bugs in the Finance Systems suite of applications. This includes, but is not limited to, Informatica development, database analytics, updates and data modifications using MSSQL as well as the creation, execution and control of batch jobs using Autosys scheduler. * Responsible for monitoring the performance, stability and operability of all environments for each application within the Finance Suite. * Must be able to write comprehensive technical specifications and unit test plans. These must be detailed enough to hand-off to other junior staff or offshore resources. * Gather requirements for maintenance and enhancements by meeting with strategic partners (business and GTS/DSM) to gain clarity and understand the change request needs. * Ability to understand and accurately estimate new project efforts or maintenance items. These estimates will need to be developed with fully documented assumptions, a clear understanding of the interdependencies between all XL systems and the ability to determine impacts for those supported applications. * Must be able to complete a milestone-level project plan and contribute to adding detailed tasks and durations. * Guide and coordinate with onshore and offshore resources to complete change requests, resolve production issues and answer user requests. Accountable for the quality of service delivery of the strategic vendor staff both off and onshore. * Provide support for production problems as a point of escalation for our onshore and offshore resources. * High availability will be required, including 24 x 7 on-call support on a regular rotation as well as during QA and Production release cutovers. * Support testing of any infrastructure activities that may impact Financial Systems Applications. A Working knowledge of such changes includes DNS changes, Active Directory changes, Router / Network configuration changes, server rebuilds, SQL Server upgrades and/or Microsoft Security patch installs, Server Hardening, Disaster Recovery testing etc. * Responsible for designing and developing performance improvements in our highly integrated environment. Understanding impacts to applications both down and up-stream. * Candidate must possess a thorough understanding of the SDLC lifecycle and audit requirements documenting any project or maintenance work completed. * Ability to play varying roles in the SDLC process including but not limited to: * Developing maintenance items for one of many supported applications, * Serving as a staff developer on a larger project team * Overseeing / leading the development of multiple maintenance items within a release. * Documentation and adherence to a proper issue escalation process. * Participate in the GTS change control process. Scheduling of changes, risk and impact assessment of infrastructure changes on your application, interaction with GTS Product managers to perform integration testing as needed when infrastructure components change (OS SP's, security patches, monitoring tools, etc.) 2. Release Coordination: * Must possess a comprehensive understanding of the Finance, Actuarial, Reinsurance and IDW systems. * Must understand the interdependencies between all XL systems well enough to analyze a release, determine impacts and interdependencies in a release, and complete a comprehensive and practical release plan and schedule. * Understands the release calendar and what Production Support, Maintenance and Projects are included in the release. * Follows up with other teammates and/or project teams responsible for each development effort to identify any issues with timeline, code management or testing. Any issues are escalated to the Release Manager for resolution. * Will work closely with the Support Teams (GTS/DMS) to coordinate and plan each QA and/or Production Cutover. * Ability to analyze and determine alternatives when a release schedule is behind. Can we run multiple job streams, what are the dependencies etc? How can we make up the lost time and who needs to be involved? * Ability to troubleshoot any issues during a cutover using the information gathered when reviewing the changes prior to the cutover with the Technical Leads and contact support resources/developers. * Will be expected to work in shifts with another release coordinator during the cutover. This may last multiple days until the entire cutover and jobs required are complete. * Responsible for ensuring that all code, parameter files, scripts etc are promoted successfully. QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIRED EXPERIENCE * Must have at least 8 years experience with Informatica and knowledge of data warehousing, ceded reinsurance and project management is preferred. * No more than 25% travel may be required for this role. * Superior organization and communication skills. This includes an ability to work with little supervision, be proactive and take initiative on your own to resolve issues. * Ability to develop productive working relationships with our business and strategic partners to provide a stable, efficient and robust production environment. * Full knowledge over execution of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). * Five plus years with in the following technical areas; o Informatica version 7.1 or higher o Microsoft SQL Server (2000, 2005 and 2008). Performance tuning is a plus. o Creating Autosys jobs - minimum two years experience is a requirement. o Good working knowledge of Window (bat or cmd) scripting. o AS/400 experiences a plus. * An energetic, flexible, fast paced work style with a high tolerance for unplanned or unscheduled events. The ability to multitask is a must. * Schedule flexibility allowing for weekend and on-call support. Thanks and Regards Josh Green, Technical Recruiter ObjectWin Technology, Inc. 14800 St. Mary's Ln., Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77079 Fax: Direct: 832-485-3654 | Fax: 832-485-3685 | [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.objectwin.com/> www.objectwin.com<http://www.objectwin.com/> | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Deloitte 2006 & 2007 Technology Fast 500 North America Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Oracle Certified Partner A Certified MBE Company -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle-Projects" group. 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