DataStage Platform Engineer

Cincinnati, OH


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Type: Contract

Category: Data

Industry: Financial Services

Reference ID: JN -052026-106747

Date Posted: 05/04/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/VJl3IE


Description:

Onsite in Cincinnati, OH

 

Please note the work schedule:

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 3:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern timeWeekend flexibility- planned weekend hours for one weekend in June, July and September (Labor Day Weekend).


Our client seeks a DataStage platform engineer to maintain stability and performance during testing, cutover, and post go-live periods. The role will diagnose and resolve abends, tune high-volume workloads, and provide hands-on oversight during Mock cycles and conversion weekend. Successful candidates will enforce platform resilience, reduce operational risk, and ensure predictable data migration that supports critical downstream processes.

 

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

 

Rate: $64.00 to $74.00/hr. w2

 


Responsibilities:
  • Provide rapid diagnosis and resolution of DataStage job failures to maintain test and production stability.
  • Monitor and tune DataStage platform performance under increased test and cutover volumes.
  • Deliver hands-on platform oversight and issue resolution during Mock cycles, conversion weekend, and post go-live stabilization.
  • Detect and remediate job performance issues, bottlenecks, and abends that could impact conversion processing.
  • Tune and optimize high-volume DataStage conversion workloads to meet cutover and Mock throughput requirements.
  • Maintain pipeline resilience during key events to avoid delays or failures that affect downstream systems.
  • Provide Level 3–4 engineering support for advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and rapid remediation.
  • Support business continuity across integrations, including customer account setup, transaction history migration, regulatory reporting, and product readiness.
  • Adhere to the work schedule Monday through Friday, 3:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern Time, with planned weekend flexibility in June, July, and September.

Experience Requirements:
  • Advanced expertise with IBM DataStage in enterprise-scale environments.
  • Proven experience troubleshooting abends and performance bottlenecks in complex ETL pipelines.
  • Hands-on performance tuning for high-volume conversion and Mock testing workloads.
  • Experience providing Level 3–4 engineering support, including root cause analysis and incident response.
  • Background supporting time-sensitive cutovers, go-lives, and stabilization periods.
  • Experience ensuring reliability for downstream systems and regulatory reporting through stable data pipelines.
  • Ability to operate in early-morning schedules and planned weekend events as required.

Recruitment Transparency Notice
 
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

· When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

· Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.

If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact fraud@eliassen.com.

 
About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
 
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
 
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