[8OW] ETL Data Engineer (Informatica + IICS)

We are Software Mind, an awesome team of engineers who are ready to ramp up any top-notch company’s projects! Our aim? To always be one step ahead. Become part of a multicultural company in constant growth with an excellent work environment certified by Great Place To Work! We are seeking an experienced IICS Developer to design, build, and support cloud-based data integrations and ETL/ELT pipelines using Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on IICS development experience with strong data engineering fundamentals, good stakeholder communication, and an operations mindset to support production integrations and onboarding of new data sources.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy data integration solutions using IICS (Cloud Data Integration, Application Integration, Data Quality, Data Synchronization).
• Build ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and deliver data between cloud and onprem systems (SaaS, databases, data lakes, data warehouses).
• Implement secure and performant integration patterns using IICS mapping tasks, mappings, tasks, and parameterization.
• Develop and maintain reusable templates, mappings, and components to accelerate delivery.
• Collaborate with architects, data engineers, analytics teams, and business stakeholders to define integration requirements and data contracts.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents; perform root cause analysis and implement fixes.
• Automate deployments and CI/CD for IICS artifacts (Dev → Test → Prod), including versioning, changelogs, and release notes.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational runbooks for integrations.
• Enforce data quality rules and profiling; work with business to remediate data quality issues.
• Prepare technical documentation: design documents, runbooks, data flow diagrams, and support guides.
• Support platform governance: connectivity, security, access controls, best practices, and cost optimization. Required qualifications & experience
• 6-8+ years of hands-on experience in data integration/ETL roles
• Strong hands-on experience with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) — Cloud Data Integration and Application Integration strongly preferred.
• Strong experience in SQL with the ability to read and enhance medium to high complexity SQL code.
• Deep understanding of data modelling concepts (Star Schema, Medallion architecture) ETL/ELT concepts, mapping designs, pushdown optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience integrating with relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server), cloud data stores (Databricks), and SaaS APIs (Salesforce, Workday, etc.).
• Familiarity with JSON, XML, REST/SOAP APIs, and data serialization formats.
• SQL expertise for transformation, validation, and performance tuning.
• Experience with source control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills in production environments.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work across cross-functional teams. Preferred / nice-to-have
• Informatica Cloud / Cloud Data Integration certification.
• Experience with Informatica PowerCenter and migration experience to IICS.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native storage (S3, ADLS).
• Experience with data warehouse platforms and ELT patterns.
• Understanding of data governance, metadata management and GDPR / data privacy controls