Lead Engineer Support - IT

Guardian Life · Chennai

  • Experience2–7 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Levelmid
  • Posted12 Sept 2026

About Guardian Life

Guardian Life is hiring in Chennai in insurance. This role looks for around 2+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Informatica
  • Informatica Cloud
  • Informatica PowerCenter
  • Precisely
  • Syncsort DMX-h
  • SQL Server Integration Services
  • Databricks
  • PySpark
  • SQL
  • Unix
  • Unix shell scripting
  • ETL
  • ELT
  • Data transformation
  • Data modeling
  • Metadata management
  • RDBMS
  • Mainframe

The role

A data engineer at an insurance company designs and supports automated data pipelines for data ingestion and integration using Informatica, PySpark, and SQL. The role also develops ETL workflows and applies Unix shell scripting to production data systems.

Full job description

Job Description:

Seeking a motivated Data Ingestion and Integration Engineer to join our team as an individual contributor.

In this role, resource will be responsible for primarily support and designing, building, and optimizing automated data pipelines to support data technology

integration and ingestion needs.

Position Objective:

Informatica Platform Administration, Development & Production Support Review & analyze business data requirements working with IT and Business stake holders for Data warehousing, Data integration, Reporting projects. Prepare Technical ETL design document, develop, & support ETL processes using Informatica Power center, Informatica Cloud, Syncsort DMX-h, & SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) tools and production support 24/7 with on call support.

Competencies/Skills: Individual Contributor Competencies

Proficient in the following

Any ETL tool knowledge (eg: Precisely/Informatica)

Datalake/Databricks Concepts

Pyspark

SQL/Unix (basics)

Strong Understanding of LakeHouse concepts (eg : Delta format ,Workflow creation etc)

Knowledge:

Strong knowledge of ETL concepts especially as applied to Informatica, Informatica cloud.

Strong knowledge of data analysis, data transformation, conceptual data modeling, data transformation &metadata management.

Strong knowledge of data design for various applications.

Strong knowledge of SQL.

Good knowledge of various RDBMS, Mainframe

Good knowledge of Project Life Cycles methodologies.

Strong verbal & written communication skills.

Strong knowledge of Unix & Unix Shell scripting

Experience with Enterprise Scheduling tools such as Control-M is a plus.

Job responsibilities:

Provide Production Support, on call support for all ETL platforms.

Review & understand business data related ETL requirements for database, application and reporting projects.

Develop & make enhancement on new & existing data systems.

Participate in the development plans & resource estimation for task planning.

Assist with the development of logical data models.

Monitor production jobs & resolve any issues in a timely manner.

Partner with other IT areas in resolving issues & improving processes

Develop Informatica or ETL Workflows.

Develop ETL code both in Informatica & at the shell script level.

Design, build, and maintain automated data pipelines that ensure smooth data ingestion and integration from various sources.

Develop scalable and efficient solutions for data ingestion, using best practices in ETL/ELT processes.

Implement data validation and quality checks to ensure data integrity throughout the pipeline.

Optimize data pipelines to handle large volumes of data in real-time and batch processing environments.

Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver seamless solutions.

Monitor pipeline performance, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve pipeline efficiency.

Document pipeline processes, configuration, and maintenance routines to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding.

Location:

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

Chennai

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