Senior Data Engineer (DataStage ETL)

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer (DataStage ETL)

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to lead end-to-end Salesforce data migration projects. The role involves moving data from Snowflake on-prem systems DataStage Salesforce, ensuring accuracy, quality, and compliance throughout the process.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Salesforce admins, architects, and product owners to deliver scalable, automated, and auditable data migration solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design source-to-target mapping with transformation and validation rules
• Develop ETL workflows using IBM DataStage, SQL, and Python
• Perform data profiling, cleansing, and standardization
• Execute mock migration runs, analyze errors, and fix issues
• Conduct final production data loads with validation and sign-off
• Generate reconciliation reports to ensure data accuracy and completeness
• Create a migration runbook (process, rollback, controls, schedules)
• Implement data quality checks, lineage tracking, and compliance artifacts
• Work with Salesforce teams on object relationships and load sequencing
• Optimize ETL performance and automate validation processes

Critical Deliverables

• Source-to-target mapping documentation
• ETL workflows and scripts
• Validated data extraction files
• Data cleansing and validation rules
• Mock migration reports (minimum 3 runs)
• Final production data load with verification
• Post-migration reconciliation reports
• Complete migration runbook and documentation

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with IBM DataStage (ETL/ELT)
• Advanced SQL skills with performance tuning
• Expertise in data mapping, cleansing, deduplication, and validation
• Knowledge of data governance, lineage, and compliance
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing ETL pipelines

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Familiarity with Salesforce data model
• Experience with Salesforce Data Loader or similar tools
• Knowledge of Snowflake or cloud data warehouses
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines for ETL deployment
• Proficiency in Python for automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
• 7+ years of data engineering experience
• 3+ years building production ETL pipelines
• Prior experience in Salesforce or CRM data migration projects (preferred)