Data Integration Specialist

Location: Pune / India
Employment Type: Full-Time | Permanent
Experience Required: 5–8 Years Total Experience | Strong Hands-On Expertise in Data Integration Platforms
Work Model: Day Shift | No Travel
Role Type: Individual Contributor (IC)

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Data Integration Specialist with deep hands-on expertise in modern integration and ETL/ELT platforms. This is a critical technical role responsible for managing, optimizing, and evolving enterprise-grade data integration systems.
You will ensure stability, scalability, security, and high performance across multiple data integration tools, while supporting a 24/7 operational environment.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, technically strong, and capable of driving platform excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Platform Management & Optimization

• Administer, configure, and optimize core data integration platforms.

• Contribute to the long-term roadmap and evolution of the integration landscape.

• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and enterprise architecture standards.

2. Platform Operations

• Monitor platform performance, identify issues, and execute optimization strategies.

• Perform capacity planning and ensure high availability.

• Apply DevOps principles to automate deployments, monitoring, and operations (CI/CD pipelines).

3. Operational Excellence (24/7 Support)

• Provide expert-level guidance and troubleshooting for complex integrations.

• Handle incidents, problem management, and change management activities.

• Participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call support schedule for platform stability.

4. Architecture, Standards & Documentation

• Collaborate with architects to define and maintain integration patterns and best practices.

• Create and maintain documentation: configuration details, runbooks, SOPs, architecture diagrams.

5. Technical Leadership & Best Practices

• Provide technical guidance to developers on platform usage and optimal integration design.

• Ensure adherence to coding standards, security practices, and performance guidelines.

6. Process Improvement & Innovation

• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and standardization.

• Evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies that enhance platform efficiency.

7. Risk Management & Quality Assurance

• Proactively identify risks related to stability, performance, and security.

• Develop and execute test strategies for platform upgrades, patches, and new capabilities.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Mandatory Technical Expertise

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise-grade data integration platforms.

• Strong experience in managing, configuring, and optimizing large-scale integration systems.

• Deep expertise (or willingness to master) tools such as:
  OIC, Kafka, Fivetran, Boomi, Workato.

• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Ability to work in high-performance, fast-paced technical environments.

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of DevOps practices in a data platform context.

• Experience with data governance, data quality frameworks, and metadata management.

• Familiarity with platform performance monitoring & logging tools.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with diverse teams.

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

What’s In It for You

• Opportunity to work on impactful, large-scale global data initiatives.

• Exposure to cutting-edge data integration technologies.

• Hybrid, flexible work culture with strong focus on employee well-being.

• Competitive compensation, medical benefits, retirement schemes, and learning opportunities.

• Collaborative, people-centric work environment that values clarity, respect, and innovation.