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Short Description:

An ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) Developer is a skilled IT professional who specializes in designing, developing, and maintaining ETL processes. These processes are essential for extracting data from various sources, transforming it into a consistent format, and loading it into a data warehouse or another storage system. ETL Developers play a critical role in data integration, ensuring data quality and accessibility for analytics and reporting.

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop ETL processes to extract data from source systems, transform it into the desired format, and load it into a target data repository.
  • Collaborate with data analysts, database administrators, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and transformations.
  • Ensure data quality and integrity by performing data validation, cleansing, and error handling.
  • Optimize ETL processes for performance and scalability, minimizing data load times and resource utilization.
  • Maintain and monitor ETL jobs to ensure data integration processes run smoothly and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
  • Develop and maintain documentation for ETL processes, including data mappings, transformation logic, and job schedules.
  • Collaborate with business users to gather and clarify requirements for data integration and reporting.
  • Stay up-to-date with ETL tools and technologies, as well as best practices for data integration.
  • Implement security and compliance measures to protect sensitive data during the ETL process.
  • Conduct data profiling and analysis to identify potential data quality issues and recommend solutions.

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
  • ETL Tools: Proficiency in ETL tools and technologies, such as Informatica, Talend, Apache Nifi, or custom ETL scripting.
  • SQL: Strong SQL skills for data manipulation and transformation.
  • Database: Experience with databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and data warehousing concepts.
  • Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving and debugging skills for troubleshooting ETL issues.
  • Data Integration: Knowledge of data integration best practices and ETL design patterns.
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams and documenting ETL processes.
  • Compliance: Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and data privacy regulations may be required, depending on the industry and organization.

Job Zones

  • Title: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
  • Education: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. 
  • Related Experience: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. 
  • Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
  • Job Zone Examples: Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. 
  • Specific Vocational Preparation in years: 2-4 years preparation (7.0 to < 8.0)

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