Senior Consultant – Big Data Management Products Specialist

Job Number: 22479

Position Title: Senior Consultant I

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Our Team
Informatica Professional Services provide the product expertise, and project management knowledge to deliver the most architecturally efficient and cost effective solution for our customers’ data integration projects. Because our practice serves the largest and most diverse Informatica customer base, our work keeps us on the cutting edge of all forms of data management projects – Big Data, B2B, Data Governance, Data Migration and Consolidation, Data Quality Management, Data Synchronization, Data Warehousing, Integration Competency Centers, Master Data Management, Product Information Management and Services Oriented Architectures. Whether it is a short or long-term engagement, we are dedicated to sharing our knowledge to ensure our customers continued success with our products.

Your Opportunity
The Informatica Big Data and Cloud Team supports our Professional Services organization through enablement and leadership in targeted technology delivery. As a Big Data Management Product Specialist, you will gain valuable technical and consulting skills in the Informatica Big Data Management Platform and related Informatica products. You will deliver consulting assistance to critical customer projects providing deep technical skills and enterprise architecture advice regarding Big Data Management in a Hadoop environment. It is important that in this role that you possess technical aptitude, strength in written/verbal communications, ability to create and deliver technical education and strong client management skills to delivery successful projects in this highly visible and fast-moving market.

Your Responsibilities

• Big Data Management Senior Consultant/Product Specialist is responsible for highly expert technical services, training and mentoring on Informatica Big Data Management, which may include:
• Providing input to Product Management to address product enhancements, evolve new capabilities for emerging customer needs, and assist with the roadmap for new products and features.
• Execute billable project assignments in both strategic projects and customer escalations to ensure success rates for both customers and sales execution in the Big Data Management market
• Participate in knowledge management activities to encapsulate knowledge and provide a foundation for successful Big Data Management integration project execution
• Mentor less experienced staff to assist with technical and functional product related questions/issues and provide input for future training activities
• Providing special services (for example, performance-related configuration or other “proof-of-concept” work) for Informatica internal projects or for partners or for customers in billable or non-billable situations
• Maintain the deepest skill level in Informatica Professional Services on the Big Data Management platform
• Develop customer implementation Architectures consistent with best practices around the use of Informatica Big Data Management Platform

Your Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum 5+ years of consulting experience
• Experience with the Informatica Platform
• Strong experience with building data integration processes in Informatica Power Center, or similar technologies
• Strong Linux/Red Hat Skills
• Informatica B2B, Business Glossary and/or Data Quality experience is preferred
• Strong DBMS skills including SQL
• Administration skills in Hadoop/Cloudera or strong desire/aptitude to learn these skills
• Database appliance skills is a plus including Netezza, Greenplum, Teradata and Exadata
• Able to present and address complex architectures and development issues
• Ability to troubleshoot complex environments with multiple products used to achieve a solution
• Experience leveraging new technologies quickly for customer success
• Ability to execute in a quickly changing and dynamic environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel 50-75%
• Ability to travel freely within North America including Canada
• Possible international travel to support Worldwide customer engagements

City: San Francisco

State: California

Seniority Level: Entry Level

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At Informatica we know diversity drives innovation. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to maintaining a work environment free from discrimination, one where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law and Informatica policy.

Travel Requirement: Up to 50%

Location_formattedLocationLong: San Francisco, California US