Lead DataStage Platform Administrator

NOVALINK SOLUTIONS LLC

Lead DataStage Platform Administrator responsible for IBM DataStage ETL platform management and optimization. Supporting data processing and analytics for DHHS in a small, hands-on team.

Posted 4/27/2026contractRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CognosETLLinuxUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead administration of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage platform (11.7) including installation, configuration, and ongoing platform management.
Configure and manage DataStage components including engine tier, services tier, repositories, and project environments.
Support promotion and deployment of ETL assets across development, test, and production environments.
Analyze and optimize DataStage job performance and troubleshoot ETL bottlenecks and performance issues affecting batch processing windows.
Collaborate with development teams to improve ETL design patterns and job performance.
Administer enterprise job orchestration tools such as RunDeck, Control-M, or similar scheduling platforms used to manage ETL batch workloads.
Monitor batch execution and troubleshoot job failures across the ETL pipeline and develop operational procedures for job restart, failure recovery, and incident response.
Provide operational support for the Cognos Analytics reporting platform (v 12.1.0).
Monitor Cognos services and assist with platform troubleshooting and operational stability.
Support deployment and promotion of Cognos reports and packages across environments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience administering IBM InfoSphere DataStage platforms.
Demonstrated expertise in DataStage installation, configuration, and administration.
Experience doing software installations, patches and upgrades for InfoSphere Datastage, in RHEL, Linux/Unix environments.
Strong experience managing large-scale ETL batch processing environments.
Experience administering ETL platforms integrated with enterprise job orchestration tools such as RunDeck, Control-M, or similar schedulers.
Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning experience for ETL pipelines.
Experience working with enterprise relational databases such as DB2.
Experience working with Linux-based enterprise data platforms.
Experience supporting data warehouse and analytics environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

IBM InfoSphere DataStageETLperformance tuningjob orchestrationLinuxRHELDB2Cognos Analyticsinstallationconfiguration

Soft Skills

troubleshootingcollaborationoperational support