Lead DataStage Integration Support Engineer

Role: Lead DataStage Integration Support Engineer Location: Culver City, CA (4 days a week onsite) Job Type: Contract Experience: 8 10 Years Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end DataStage ETL platform (development, administration, and support).
• Lead and mentor a team of DataStage support engineers.
• Design, develop, and enhance ETL jobs and workflows.
• Administer DataStage (user roles, security, deployments, and migrations).
• Troubleshoot job failures across DataStage and Unix environments.
• Manage incident management, RCA, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and debug shell scripts and Python-based automation.
• Manage Control-M (job monitoring, failure handling, scheduling, agent upgrades).
• Configure SAP/Unix jobs, calendars, and workload policies.
• Support Gentran (maps, mailboxes, FTP scripts, Java programs, SQL procedures).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors for issue resolution.

Mandatory Skills

• 8 10 years of experience in IBM DataStage (Development + Admin)
• Strong expertise in Unix/Linux, shell scripting, and cron jobs.
• Hands-on experience with Python programming.
• Strong experience with Control-M administration and scheduling.
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (MS SQL Server, Oracle).
• Proven experience in production support, incident management, and RCA.
• Experience leading teams and handling stakeholder communication.