Information Server DataStage ETL Developer

Closing date for applications: 08/08/2019
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
Developer
Summary of the work
Working in a joint MOD team to maintain and support Supply Chain & Engineering middleware solutions & data feeds, in fulfillment of large scale contracting for availability and contracted logistics supply contracts.
Latest start date
01/10/2019
Expected contract length
24 months with option of 6 months extension
Location
South West England
Organisation the work is for
MOD, Defence Equipment and Support
Maximum day rate
£750
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
None
Who the specialist will work with
Working as part of a technical in-house team with responsibility for the development and maintenance of logistics data feeds to industry and other services. The team comprises of system designers, analysts, architects and data SMEs
What the specialist will work on
Working primarily in IBM Information Server DataStage 11.5, (currently upgrading from 8.7) part of their Infosphere toolkit there is a need to develop and test against emerging requirements for business to business, data integration and data migration services. This will include new customers of existing services, new data source requirements and new delivery endpoints working with new and existing stakeholders within industry and internal to MoD.
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovil. Somerset BA22 8HW
Working arrangements
Five days a week on-site working as part of a technical in-house team and reporting to the team leader who will allocate work priorities. DE&S IT will be provided. This post does not support remote working.
Security clearance
SC Clearence is required prior to commencement of the contract
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
We reserve the right to extend for 6 months. We will follow MOD T&S, however at the beginning of each SOW we will have a conversation with the winning supplier to understand any travel required to other sites. This position has been assessed against the Crown Commercial Services framework as being outside of IR35.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
3
Cultural fit criteria
Demonstrates flexibility (e.g. the Ability to shift tasks to meet changing priorities) Share knowledge and experience with other team members Take responsibility for their work
Assessment methods
Work history Interview
Evaluation weighting
Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Must have very strong understanding of SQL, including the execution and use of functions and stored procedures for Oracle, Informix, DB2 & Teradata DBMS (min 3 yrs experience) - 1%
  • Must demontsrate they have strong data management and data handling skills, including experience in handling a wide variety of data types including BLOB, CLOB and unstructured data types - 1%
  • Must demonstrate their ability to read and understand DataStage code, in particular Universe code & procedures and set application parameters - 2%
  • Must be able to write and develop DataStage code (min 3 yrs experience) - 2%
  • Must demonstrate their experience and understanding of Entity Relationship Diagrams and data mapping documentation - 1%
  • Extensive experience in data integration techniques with DB2, Oracle, Informix, Teradata, SQL and Postgres dbms, and MQ & FTP (min 3 yrs exp) messaging & data transfer applications - 1%
  • Must demonstrate in their response their knowledge of Architectural ETL patterns and processes - 1%
  • Must demonstrate in their response their ability to perform Data Quality operations using QualityStage & Information Analyzer - 1%
  • Must have extensive knowledge of developing XML, XML Schemas & XSLTs ((Style Sheet Transformation).(min 1 year exp) - 1%
  • Thorough understanding of the OAGI Supply Open Standards framework (min 1 yr exp) - 1%
  • Must demonstrate in their response their ability to analyse, diagnose and resolve complex logic and coding issues in development and test environments - 1%
  • Must demonstrate in their response their ability to follow strict standards for performing unit and link testing of software component - 1%
  • Must demonstrate in their response their ability to produce module design artefacts, specifically module specifications and logic flow diagrams - 1%
  • Must demonstrate in their response their ability to clearly and confidently communicate with other technical and non-technical stakeholders, both verbally and in writing - 1%
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Must clearly define their experience of working with MoD data - 0.5 %
  • Must clearly define their knowledge of Linux operating systems - 0.5%
  • Must clearly define their knowledge of MoD Supply Chain & Engineering Information systems, notably MJDI, GoldESP, LITS - 1%
  • Must clearly define their experience of working within Virtualised environments using Remote access workstations usng Citrix - 0.5%
  • Must clearly define their knowledge of HP's BTO Service Manager for incident management - 0.5%
  • Must clearly demonstrate their understanding of ITIL Service Management functions 0.5%
  • Must clearly define their familiarity with current Software Development Lifecycles & delivery frameworks (e.g. V model, Agile) - 0.5%

Closing date for applications: 08/08/2019

Information Server DataStage ETL Developer

Closing date for applications: 08/08/2019


Specialist role:

Developer

Location:

South West England

Organisation:

MOD, Defence Equipment and Support

Maximum day rate:

£750

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