Data Engineer

Inside IR35 - Hybrid - Must have an active SC Clearance

Job Description:
An experienced Data Engineer is required to support the CDW SA team in delivering DWIT Informatica Advanced Scans across Legacy data warehouses. This role is a key enabler for the strategic migration from Legacy data warehouses to the new Data Lakehouse architecture.
The successful candidate will work closely with DWIT and CDW stakeholders to establish a comprehensive and accurate as is view of each Legacy warehouse, leveraging Informatica Advanced Scanning capabilities wherever possible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform detailed analysis of Legacy data warehouses using Informatica Advanced Scanning techniques.
• Produce a complete and accurate as is representation of each data warehouse.

Identify and document all inbound data feeds consumed by CDW, including:

• Source/origin systems
• Data formats
• Full feed by feed data content

Capture and document the actual metadata held within the data warehouse, including:

• Table structures
• Field names and definitions

Identify and document all outbound data feeds from the data warehouse, including:

• Consuming systems or platforms
• Full feed by feed data content
• Outbound metadata (tables, fields, and structures)
• Where possible, generate bespoke outputs from Informatica Advanced Scanning for each Legacy warehouse to support analysis and migration planning.
• Collaborate with architecture, data, and migration teams to ensure outputs are aligned to Data Lakehouse migration objectives.
• Ensure documentation is clear, accurate, and suitable for use in downstream migration and governance activities.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience with Unix Shell Scripting
• PL/SQL and Oracle SQLMaestro/TWS scheduling tools
• ETL concepts and implementationsCommand line tools (PuTTY/CLI)File transfer tools (eg WinSCP)
• Use of text and documentation tools (eg Notepad , Word or equivalent)

Desirable Knowledge and Experience:

• SA Profiles extractsSA MARTsSA Warehouse structures and concepts
• Caseflow and KBSAuthoreteEureka
• Business Objects tooling: BO Infoview
• BO Developer
• BO CMC
• BO Import Wizard

Additional Information:
This role is hands on and delivery focused, supporting a critical phase of Legacy to Lakehouse migration.
Strong attention to detail, documentation quality, and stakeholder collaboration are essential.

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