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About this Senior Engineer IT role at Guardian Life

Guardian Life · Onsite · Chennai

Job Description:

The role is responsible for delivering Data Warehouse (DWH) solutions using ETL technologies such as Informatica (IICS/IDMC), Databricks, Spark, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. The individual will lead technical design and development activities, support production deployments, mentor team members, and ensure adherence to Guardian's SDLC, security, and compliance standards. The role requires strong expertise in ETL development, data warehousing, performance optimization, production support, and solution architecture, while also driving automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Competencies/Skills: Individual Contributor Competencies

Skills:       

  • Core Technical Skills

    ETL Development: Informatica (IICS/IDMC), DatabricksDatabase Technologies: PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 UDBBig Data & Querying: Spark SQLProgramming & Scripting: Python, UNIXData Engineering: Data Warehousing, Data Modeling

  • Key Responsibilities

    ETL & Data Engineering

    Design, develop, and maintain ETL solutions using Informatica (IICS/IDMC), Databricks, and Syncsort.Perform data extraction, transformation, and loading activities for BI and Data Warehouse projects.Conduct impact analysis and provide effort estimations for ETL enhancements and changes.Develop and execute unit test cases for all deliverables.

Database & Query Development

  • Develop and optimize SQL, PL/SQL, Spark SQL, Hive, and Presto queries.

  • Create and maintain procedures, functions, triggers, constraints, and cursors.

  • Perform query tuning and ETL performance optimization.

Data Warehousing & Architecture

  • Interpret and work with conceptual, logical, and physical data models.

  • Design robust ETL architectures focused on data quality, performance, and error handling.

  • Support current-state ("As-Is") architecture and contribute to future-state ("To-Be") architecture design.

  • Evaluate new technologies and conduct proof-of-concepts (POCs).

SDLC & Agile Delivery

  • Execute all SDLC phases including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and support.

  • Follow SAFe Agile methodology and Guardian development standards.

  • Participate in release planning, deployment, migration, and post-production support.

Production Support & Incident Management

  • Provide Level-2 production support and on-call support activities.

  • Troubleshoot ETL failures, application defects, and job abends.

  • Coordinate with DBA, Network, Storage, Scheduling, and User Administration teams for issue resolution.

  • Support warranty and stabilization activities after deployment.

Education and Experience:

Education:    B.Tech Computers/MCA

Experience:  4 to 6 years in development projects with BI/ DWH background.

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai, Gurgaon

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

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About Guardian Life

Every day, Guardian helps our 29 million customers realize their dreams through a range of insurance and financial products and services. Our Purpose, to inspire well-being, guides our dedication to the colleagues, consumers, and communities we serve. We know that people count, and we go above and beyond to prepare them for the life they want to live, focusing on their overall well-being — mind, body, and wallet. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we put our customers first. Behind every bright future is a GuardianTM. Learn more about Guardian at guardianlife.com . Visa Sponsorship: Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (

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