Consultant DataStage

Consultant DataStage — Onsite • Los Angeles, CA

Employment type: CTC, W2 • Engagement: C2C accepted • Job code: JB-JAPXTC2R

Location: Los Angeles, CA (Onsite)

Estimated pay: $60–$70/hr (depending on experience)

Why Join Us?

• Work on mission-critical ETL and data integration systems with clear SLAs and production support processes.
• Competitive contract pay and flexible engagement options for qualified consultants.
• Opportunities to apply and grow skills in DataStage, Python, SQL and modern DevOps practices.
• Collaborative team environment focused on reliability, documentation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain ETL jobs using IBM DataStage to extract, transform and load data from multiple sources.
• Collaborate with business analysts and technical teams to translate requirements into technical specifications and solutions.
• Write and optimize SQL for data manipulation, validation and reporting.
• Manage and tune DataStage environments; monitor job logs, performance metrics and system health.
• Provide production support, troubleshoot incidents, and participate in on-call or shift rotations as needed.
• Implement and follow security, change management and incident-management practices to meet SLAs.
• Create and maintain operational runbooks, documentation and automation for routine maintenance and deployments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience preferred, with a minimum of six years in ETL development and administration using DataStage.
• Strong experience with Unix shell scripting, Cron jobs and relational databases; proficient in Python and SQL scripting.
• Hands-on production support background with incident resolution, monitoring and SLA-driven delivery.
• Familiarity with scheduling and integration tools such as Control-M, Managed File Transfer (MFT) and IBM Gentran is a plus.
• Knowledge of Agile delivery methods, JIRA, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices; experience with ITSM processes is desirable.
• Excellent analytical, communication and documentation skills; experience working in onshore–offshore delivery models is a plus.
• Nice to have: exposure to Snowflake or modern cloud data platforms.

Core technologies: DataStage, ETL development, Python, SQL, Unix shell scripting, relational databases, production support, incident management

Ready to Apply?

To be considered for this role, please send your resume with a brief summary of relevant DataStage and production support experience, including your availability and preferred engagement type. Reference job code JB-JAPXTC2R in your message.

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