Overview
USD 120,000.00 - 155,000.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
FOCUS
SAFE
Analytics
IT Management
Engineering Design
Production Management
Application Development
Evaluation
Emerging Technologies
Project Planning
Tier 3
Testing
Capacity Management
Migration
Linux
Microsoft Windows
Production Support
Extract
Transform
Load
RDBMS
Oracle
IBM DB2
Management
Microsoft Azure
Data Quality
Data Engineering
Business-to-business
Microsoft Exchange
Meta-data Management
Master Data Management
Informatica
Data Management
Cloud Computing
Big Data
Hortonworks
HDFS
Apache Hive
Apache HBase
Apache Kafka
Data Integration
Disaster Recovery
High Availability
Scripting
Shell
Perl
Windows PowerShell
Python
Java
Progress Chef
Ansible
Finance
Life Insurance
Legal
Insurance
Annuities
Asset Management
Financial Services
Collaboration
Partnership
Law
Job Details
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
On MetLife's Global Technology team, what you build here matters. We view our solutions through the eyes of the customers and are always striving to transform and simplify their experience. Whether your focus is keeping our customers' and employees' data and information safe, developing best-in-class digital and cloud solutions, or leveraging data and analytics to transform customer insights into customer-first solutions, you make an impact for the customers we serve. We each play an integral role in bringing MetLife's purpose of building a more confident future to life. Sound like a team you'd like to work with? Join us!
The Opportunity
The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and support activities for MetLife's enterprise data management and integration systems, the underlying infrastructure, and integrations with other enterprise systems and applications globally. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of MetLife's data integration strategy and explore emerging technologies supporting Extract Transform and Load.
Success in this role requires advanced knowledge of data transformation and integration products like Informatica, along with the ability to think strategically and communicate effectively. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership in the planning, engineering, design, implementation and support of data management and integration system infrastructures and technologies. You'll collaborate closely with partner teams in Global Technology and Application Development in an environment where every contribution is respected, and every perspective is heard.
How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)
What Can Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)
The expected salary range for this position is $120,000 - $155,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For , MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$120,000 - $155,000
The Team You Will Join
On MetLife's Global Technology team, what you build here matters. We view our solutions through the eyes of the customers and are always striving to transform and simplify their experience. Whether your focus is keeping our customers' and employees' data and information safe, developing best-in-class digital and cloud solutions, or leveraging data and analytics to transform customer insights into customer-first solutions, you make an impact for the customers we serve. We each play an integral role in bringing MetLife's purpose of building a more confident future to life. Sound like a team you'd like to work with? Join us!
The Opportunity
The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and support activities for MetLife's enterprise data management and integration systems, the underlying infrastructure, and integrations with other enterprise systems and applications globally. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of MetLife's data integration strategy and explore emerging technologies supporting Extract Transform and Load.
Success in this role requires advanced knowledge of data transformation and integration products like Informatica, along with the ability to think strategically and communicate effectively. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership in the planning, engineering, design, implementation and support of data management and integration system infrastructures and technologies. You'll collaborate closely with partner teams in Global Technology and Application Development in an environment where every contribution is respected, and every perspective is heard.
How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
- Lead in the planning, engineering, design, implementation and ongoing support of data integration technologies.
- Partner with the Capacity Management, Production Management, Application Development Teams, and the Business to ensure customer expectations are maintained and exceeded.
- Participate in the evaluation and recommendation of new data management and integration products and technologies, and maintain knowledge of emerging technologies for application to the enterprise.
- Manage project planning and resource alignment across multiple technologies.
- Develop solutions for complex data management and integration system issues (Tier 3 support)
- Coordinate application infrastructure maintenance activities and disaster recovery testing.
What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)
- 7+ years of experience working in an Engineering capacity (planning, design, implementation, configuration, upgrades, migrations, troubleshooting) of highly available Enterprise systems using Linux or Windows to host the vendor data management and integration product suites.
- 10 years of experience working in a Production support capacity (installation, configuration, troubleshooting) of Informatica extract transform load, data integration, and managed file transfer products.
- 1-2 years of experience working with Informatica data integration and transformation products.
- 1-2 years of experience working with RDBMS (MSSQL, Oracle) and DB2 technologies.
- Ability to think strategically and effectively communicate solutions to customers and various levels of management.
What Can Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)
- 1-2 years of experience working with cloud-based data integration platforms (Informatica Intelligent Cloud, Informatica Data Management Cloud, Azure Data Factory).
- Advanced experience with Informatica Product suite: PowerCenter, Power Exchange, Data Quality, Data Engineering, B2B Data Exchange, Metadata Manager, and Master Data Management.
- Advanced experience with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services: Intelligent Data Management Cloud
- Advanced experience with Big Data Ecosystem: Hortonworks Data Platform, HDFS, Hive, HBASE, Kafka and related data integration technologies.
- An understanding of Disaster Recovery and High Availability technologies.
- Experience in design and developing Automation/Scripting (shell, Perl, PowerShell, Python, Java, Chef, Ansible).
The expected salary range for this position is $120,000 - $155,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For , MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$120,000 - $155,000
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