Informatica Specialist

Spectraforce Technologies
remote work
United States, Colorado, Denver
Mar 30, 2026
Informatica Specialist REMOTE (Occasionally travel to Denver to meet team) 12 Months While team supports telecommuting / remote work, it is expected that the contractor performs the work within the State of Colorado and preferably in the Denver Metropolitan Area; there will be occasions where the contractor will have to collaborate with their colleagues and attend in-person meetings in one of the State offices Position Objective: The team is seeking a highly specialized Senior Operations and Data Engineer to serve as the primary administrator and technical lead for our Informatica ecosystem. This role is a hybrid of platform operations and high-level data engineering, ensuring that sensitive state and federal data is managed within a secure, high-uptime, and cost-effective environment. Preferred Qualifications To be considered for this role, candidates should provide proof of the following: Active Informatica Certification: (e.g., Informatica Certified Professional in Cloud Data Integration) Background Clearance Readiness: Absolute eligibility to pass OIT, FTI (Federal Tax Information), and CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) background checks. Key Responsibilities Platform Operations & Administration Informatica Mastery: Act as the lead administrator for Informatica environments; manage platform uptime, vendor escalations, and patch/versioning communications. Environment Provisioning: Configure Informatica, including complex RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) and security permissions. Governance & CI/CD: Implement and manage DataOps and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments for the broader implementation team. Financial Stewardship: Configure cost-management features such as Informatica resource monitors, budgets, and consumption tracking; consult on chargeback models. Support business processes of data governance and management Data Engineering & Transformation Pipeline Architecture and Metadata Ingestion: Develop robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest data from transactional systems (Line of Business) into the analytical Snowflake environment or to ingest metadata and data from Secure Agents into Informatica Data Lineage Management: Configure and manage data lineage maps Data Quality Profile Management: Design and deploy automated data cleansing and quality-check policies and processes. Performance Engineering: Optimize data flows for specific latency and frequency requirements while maintaining credit efficiency. Primary Deliverables Architectural Contributions: Design reviews, Architectural Plans, and Scope Documents. Deployment Assets: New account/environment deployments, security schemas, and permission assignments. Engineering Assets: Comprehensive ETL Pipeline Design Documents, Mapping Documents, and production-ready Pipelines, data quality profile scores Product Backlog & Support Ticket Management: performance reports Weekly Status Reports