ETL Developer (Kettle / Pentaho)

Our client is hiring a ETL Developer (Kettle / Pentaho) on a long-term contract basis.

Work Model: Remote

Summary: We're seeking a Kettle Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve our Pentaho Data Integration (PDI/Kettle) platform and data movement processes that underpin business-critical workflows. You will own end-to-end lifecycle management-from environment build and configuration to orchestration, monitoring, and support-partnering closely with application teams, production operations, and data stakeholders. The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on Kettle expertise with solid SQL, automation, and production support practices in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment. Responsibilities:

• Platform ownership: Install, configure, harden, and upgrade Kettle/PDI components (e.g., Spoon) across dev/prod.
• Process engineering: Migrate, re-engineer, and optimize jobs and transformations for existing transformations.
• Reliability & support: Document all workflows including ownership and escalation protocols. Knowledge transfer with Automation and Application Support teams.
• Observability: Implement proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting for the Kettle platform including all dependent processes.
• Collaboration: Partner with application, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver improvements to existing designs.

Required Qualifications:

• Kettle/PDI expertise: Experience installing and configuring a Kettle instance (server and client tools, repositories, parameters, security, and upgrades).
• Kettle/PDI expertise: Experience creating, maintaining, and supporting Kettle processes (jobs/transformations, error handling, recovery, and performance tuning).
• 4 years hands-on SQL (writing/diagnosing and optimizing queries).
• Strong communication skills for both technical and nontechnical audiences; effective at documenting and sharing knowledge.

Pay Rate: $69 - $90
Job ID: 84006

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