Teradata/SQL Production Support

Post Date

Jan 09, 2024

Location

Richmond,
Virginia

ZIP/Postal Code

23228
US
Sep 16, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Programmer / Developer

Req #

CLT-673772

Pay Rate

$52 - $78 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a ETL Production Support resource with strong Teradata and SQL knowledge. EDST (Enterprise Data Science Tech) Application Production Support personnel is responsible for running the day to day operations of the Enterprise Information / Data Science Products owned and operated by the Enterprise Data Science Technology team that are operated and maintained on enterprise Teradata/SASGRID platforms. Work activities specific to Production Services roles include Problem/Incident Management, Release/Deployment support, Operational Readiness, Capacity/Availability Management, Application Monitoring, Service Level Agreement (SLA) maintenance, Production Governance, Triage, Audit support etc.


Typically 5-8 years of experience

Monitor Application ETL and Analytics data load jobs on the enterprise platforms (Teradata/SASGRID) requiring knowledge of complex SQL and ETL programming

Provide on-call (rotational) support to handle production failure scenarios (Incident Management)

Monitor and ensure adherence to daily/weekly/monthly Service Level Agreements (SLA) for data sourcing, processing and provisioning timings

Serves as the first line of support to investigate and resolve data quality issues and escalate to L2/L3 Support Team when required

Follow communication and escalation routines to prevent and handle SLA breaches contacting upstream data source applications for data delays, data quality issues, create and send user bulletins for data provisioning delays / issues

Provide capacity management support (ensure enough space allocation on database/server directories)

Provide application availability support (bringing application to Business-as-Usual (BAU) by running jobs after a platform Outage)

Manage Incidents, Service requests, Problems Change using ITSM tools and methodologies.

Work closely with Technology Infrastructure and Development Teams in supporting Integrated / Independent release deployments, software/hardware upgrades, server upgrades and also participate in Disaster Recovery and Resiliency testing exercises

Communicates effectively with L2/L3 Support, Development and internal business operations teams serving as an escalation point between the client/business area and internal management for the resolution of moderately complex unresolved problems, complaints and service requests

Collaborate with offshore team members for efficient production support shift handoffs

Required Skills:
Computer Science/Software Engineering (or related) degree

5-8 years experience with application production support on Teradata data-warehouse and analytical platforms

Experience monitoring, analyzing and fixing ETL job failures for SQL-based ETL and analytic workflows using native utilities (Teradata bteq, tpt, fastexport)

Experience analyzing data incidents and issues, and resolve simple/moderate quality issues

Very good knowledge of Unix/Linux shell Scripting and scheduling (like Autosys)

Excellent written, proactive communication and diagramming skills

Strong analytical and problem solving abilities

Speaking / presentation skills in a professional setting

Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player to work all along with Global teams and business partners

Positive attitude and flexible

Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to changes

Required Skills & Experience

- 5+ years in ETL Production Support role
- Strong Teradata skills
- Strong SQL knowledge
- Unix/shell scripting (Autosys)

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Financial domain background
- SAS
- Previous development background

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.