Technical Lead

USC/ GC with LinkedinClient- MedicaJob Title: Technical LeadJob Overview:This position is CTH. All candidates submitted must be eligible to convert after 1040 hours and without sponsorship.Required experience:8-10 years minimum experience in Data Management / Data Integration / ETL development with considerable experience with Informatica ETL, and SQL. Snowflake (nice to have). More experience details below.POSITION OVERVIEWThe Technical Lead developer is responsible for leading development on Strategic Data initiatives across the enterprise. This position is responsible for the technical execution like design, development, testing, and deployment of IT solutions. In addition to that focus on the end-to-end delivery of portfolio / program and projects by leading the People, Process and Technology:People - Work closely with partners (Business Integration, Business Intelligence Reporting & Analytics, Quality Assurance, Production Operations, Infrastructure, Data Architecture, Development and IT Operations to ensure the end-to-end delivery. Build relationship within technology and business partners and lead a team of developers including contract workforce. Own the accountability and hold others accountable for delivering a total solution.Process - Leverage a process to provide a low-cost high value solution by formulating and ensuring adherence to standard architecture, design, development and quality assurance methodology. Maintain a transparent communication channel and provide updates to management and leadership by publishing metrics on projects (velocity, burn rate, and capacity planning and demand management). Manage critical technical projects. Negotiate upstream / downstream SLA / OLA, document and execute them. Mature the support of new development initiatives, and work with Development Operations team in operationalizing them. Lead the build of solutions in compliance with the Business principles (Organizational Consensus, Data Integrity, Implementation Efficiency, User Friendliness and Operational Efficiency), Scalability and Compliance with IT standards.Technology - Evaluate tools, techniques used in project development and propose ongoing improvements which will ensure smooth delivery of the initiatives.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIESEnterprise Data Integration and Delivery (40%)Primarily focus on execution of Data strategic initiatives end to end, ensure stability and operationalizing it.Exploit agile methodology in delivering projectsFormulate, negotiate upstream, downstream SLA and OLA with partners and implement them. Triage incidents and service requests and plan execution. Follow IT process (FIFO) for execution and work with business partner to escalate any change in priority.Successful delivery of the projects and enable EDM team to provide solutions through project execution.Manage the metrics of key data initiatives managed by EDM team.Provide end to end delivery focus and provide leadership, proactive engagement on projects.Collaborate on project priorities, schedules, deliverables and status reports with business & IT partners.Serve as development liaison to IT & business as needed.Provide leadership on the Data projects by serving as a Scrum master.Practice and advocate agile methodology across all projectsKeeping the transparent communication about project delivery and milestones as a scrum master and setting an example.Technical Execution (30%)Provide high level technical direction for the development, design, integration.Balance short-term versus long-term actions, strategic versus tactical requirements.Manage creation of technical artifacts including data and ETL design. Involve in architecture, design (data and ETL) review and provide feedback for continuous improvement.Understand the environment, development practice and standards adopted within the team and suggest changes wherever possible.Ensure delivery of artifacts for the tasks analysis, development, peer reviews and testing.Follow policies set for governance, compliance, security & infrastructure and change management.Partner with Business and formulate, own and practice and advocate data governance policies and standards to ensure accuracy, validity, reusability and consistent definitions of Medica data.Develop standards, process flows and tools that promote and facilitate the mapping of data sources, documenting interfaces and data movement across the enterprise.Leadership and Management (15%)Organization, administration, supervision of the people, processes, and technologies within Data programs.Provide thought leadership and proactive engagement on projects to ensure delivery.Encourage teamwork, provide mentoring, coaching & 1:1sManage resource allocation to projects for BI and Data initiatives.Schedule, assign, direct, review and perform related follow-up and work coordination activities with otherslead a team of developers indirectly and manage cross teams while managing data project workInternal and External relationship(15%)Collaborate across IT departments and partner with business areas to improve delivery of development project and build relationship with partners.Partner with Development Operations, Production Operations, Production Support (level 2), Database Administration, Infrastructure Support and Quality Audit teams to improve delivery of development projects.Manage the transition to development operations and level 2 support and ensure supportability and maintainability at relatively low cost.EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:Education Level : Bachelor's DegreeMajor : BS in Computer Science or related field MS a plusYears of experience required: 8-10 years minimum experience in Data Management / Data Integration / ETL development with considerable experience with Informatica ETL.Specific types of experience required:Experience managing and delivering complex data development initiatives and managing small development team.Strong implementation experience and deep knowledge in any one of the following three areas and knowledge of the other 2 areas at a minimum. Implementation experience in all the 3 areas preferred: ETL, Data Integration, Data Governance and Data QualityDeep knowledge of the strategic business drivers and operational process requirements within at least one industry such as Health Insurance, Financial services, High Tech, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, or similar industry. Must be able to link industry specific business requirements to EDM capability requirements.Experience with conceptualization, design and assistance in the implementation of new and existing systems, middleware, MDM, metadata, data quality, data warehouse and production architecturesProficiency in SQL and Oracle PL/SQL is required. 5+ years preferred.Experience in healthcare environment 2-5 years preferred.Informatica (5-8 years) or other ETL (DataStage, Ab Initio, open source) experience (8-10) years is required.Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing methodology is required (5-8 years).Knowledge in SAS programming is a plus.In depth experience and knowledge in ETL / ELT, performance tuning and designing optimized integration systems.Extensive experience in creating integration process for Enterprise Data Warehouse.Advanced knowledge of SQL, database performance, RDBMS, and Query tools.Extensive experience with Health Care Data domain knowledge and process preferred.In depth experience in running data initiatives using agile methodology preferred.Certification in Agile methodology and ITIL foundations is a plus.SKILLS/ABILITIES:Ability to evaluate, analyze, design and implement solutions based on technical requirements.Ability to identify solutions to complex problems and business processes using tools and technologies to improve efficiency through automation, re-use, design patterns, and best practicesStrong verbal and written communication skills including interpersonal skillsAbility to communicate to a variety of audiences in both verbal and written formAbility to collaborate with all levels of a complex organization to meet the needs of business and ITAbility to deal effectively in a team environment and provide project direction and counsel, provide recommendations to senior management, and collaborate beyond the immediate project team to meet the needs of business.Excellent oral, written, and communication skills#J-18808-Ljbffr

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