Lead Data Engineer Thiruvananthapuram (India)

Job Purpose

Responsible for leading the architecture, design, development, and implementation of enterprise data integration solutions using Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS). The role will provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, define integration standards and best practices, ensure scalable and secure integration solutions, and collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and development teams to deliver high-quality integration services.

Job Description / Duties and Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end architecture and design of enterprise data integration solutions using Informatica IICS.

Work closely with DevOps, infrastructure, security, database, and business teams throughout the SDLC.

Ensure compliance with organizational security, governance, and ISMS standards.

Participate in estimation, sprint planning, release planning, and production deployment activities.

Job Specification / Skills and Competencies

Robust experience in designing enterprise integration architecture using Informatica IICS.

Hands-on expertise in Cloud Data Integration (CDI), Cloud Application Integration (CAI), Cloud Integration Hub (CIH), API Manager, Mass Ingestion, and Taskflows.

Design, develop, and optimize complex mappings, mapping tasks, taskflows, and API integrations.

Solid knowledge of Secure Agent installation, configuration, clustering, upgrades, monitoring, and performance tuning.

Experience configuring authentication mechanisms including OAuth, certificates, API keys, and secure communication protocols.

Perform Informatica administration activities including user management, role-based security, connection management, licensing, and setting administration.

Expertise in SQL optimization, data modeling, ETL/ELT best practices, and performance tuning.

Experience integrating enterprise applications using REST APIs, SOAP services, JSON, XML, and messaging frameworks.

Experience in designing scalable, loose