Azure Data Engineer/Administrator

Medline Industries continues to grow, and grow, and grow. In fact, we've enjoyed DOUBLE DIGIT growth in 54 of the past 55 years! And we are AGAIN named as a Chicago Tribune Top Employer! Doesn't that sound like the kind of place you'd want to join?

The “ETL Administrator/Developer” will play a key role in administering ETL platforms and owning ongoing support of ETL applications & solutions. This role will be a critical individual performer that will contribute to ensuring platform availability, application availability, production support, capacity management, performance tuning, and system stability. The ideal candidate would have the right combination of administration expertise and command along with demonstrated application development/maintenance skills as it relates to quickly analyzing, understanding pipelines/processes, and proposing solutions for design/performance improvements, process improvements, or production application stability. Further, the role will also involve implementing such improvements on existing solutions and/or developing new ETL solutions to address internal BI use cases relative to the overall BI/DWH strategy. The following background and experience are critical for the role.

• Advanced working experience in SQL.
• Demonstrated experience in administering ETL tools/platforms (Talend) and developing/debugging ETL jobs in On-Prem and Cloud environments (Azure preferred) is a compelling differentiator.
• Strong Production Support experience with skills in debugging, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem resolution being critical to this role
• Comprehensive understanding and experience with Azure services and platforms, including but not limited to ADLS, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Synapse
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment that requires quick turnaround and quality outcomes. Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with peers, management, partners, and clients.
• Strong understanding of Data Warehousing (DWH) principles, including ETL/ELT frameworks, architectures, and methodologies in both On-Premises and Cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Act as internal subject matter expert on Azure and provide training and assistance to peers onshore/offshore.
• Analyze, Design, develop and deploy data integration pipelines, code and programs to massage and load data from various sources to multiple targets for internal BI use cases.
• Manage system outages, maintain service availability, and provide production support for the platform and the solution hosted within it. Perform root cause analysis, resolve issues, initiate/execute process improvements, and implement bug fixes, patches, server maintenance, and configuration changes. Collaborate with stakeholders for activities ranging from gathering requirements to delivering solutions for problems/issues on data integration.
• Implement CICD for Azure pipelines, Mentoring internal teams on Azure best practices, provide assistance in appropriate services selection for business use cases.
• Write test plans and test cases of the business process or application when needed. Document and share knowledge and findings with the team periodically.
• Continuously optimize, enhance, maintain, support and monitor all data integration processes in Azure and Talend (preferred).

COVID-19 Vaccination

Please be aware that Medline requires all employees starting in this position to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated by their start date. Medline is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodations to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated for COVID-19 consistent with federal, state, and local law.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related fields; or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of experience with Cloud platforms and services on Azure.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience working in an offshore/onshore team model, experience working with diverse teams with various levels of skill sets.
• 2+ years of strong ETL admin/development experience on all components/aspects of Talend preferred.

About Medline
Medline Industries is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies in the United States, providing more than 550,000 products that serve the entire continuum of care. Our innovative products and programs can be found in most hospitals, extended-care facilities, surgery centers, physician offices, home care dealers, home health agencies and retail outlets.

Founded in 1910, Medline has grown from a small manufacturer of aprons, surgical gowns and uniforms to a thriving $17 billion global enterprise because of our dedicated people, entrepreneurial spirit and honest values.

Again named one of the country’s "Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” and once again named to Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces, Medline has experienced fifty-plus years of consecutive annual growth, and is headquartered in Northfield, IL.