Technical Lead – Informatica PowerCenter to Cloud Migration

Location: Charlotte NC (Onsite Required)
Type: FullTime/Contract
Experience Level: 12 years (with minimum 4 years in cloud migration projects)

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced and handson Technical Lead to drive and manage the migration of Informatica PowerCenter workflows and integrations from onpremise to Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS). The ideal candidate must have deep knowledge of data integration architecture prior success in cloud migration initiatives and the ability to lead a technical team through assessment design development testing and deployment phases.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead endtoend migration strategy from Informatica PowerCenter to IICS ensuring all technical and business objectives are met.

• Perform detailed assessment and inventory of existing PowerCenter assets including mappings workflows sessions parameter files and reusable objects.

• Define project timelines estimate efforts and coordinate migration execution aligned with business priorities.

• Architect cloudnative solutions and refactor complex ETL logic that may not be directly supported in IICS.

• Manage and configure IICS Secure Agents cloud connections parameter sets and taskflows for job orchestration.

• Oversee configuration of source/target systems including databases cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) APIs and file systems.

• Ensure secure migration practices including encryption tokenization masking and compliance with HIPAA GDPR and FedRAMP standards.

• Guide development team in using Informatica Migration Utility parameter conversion techniques and cloud optimization practices.

• Lead all phases of testing including unit system integration regression performance and UAT to validate successful migration.

• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to schedule and execute production cutover monitor golive and manage incident response.

• Provide training documentation and postmigration support to users and support teams.

• Report progress risks and dependencies to stakeholders and ensure quality delivery within time and budget constraints.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience leading at least one full lifecycle migration from PowerCenter to IICS.

• Strong expertise in Informatica PowerCenter (v9.x/10.x) and Informatica IICS including Cloud Data Integration Taskflows Application Integration.

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and related data services.

• Handson with ETL architecture mapping development optimization and performance tuning.

• Indepth understanding of data security parameterization data modeling and data quality standards.

• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and familiarity with project management tools like Jira Confluence and Git.

• Excellent communication leadership and problemsolving skills.

• Strong SQL skills and experience validating data across heterogeneous systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Informatica Cloud Certification (e.g. Cloud Data Integration Specialist).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines API integrations and hybrid cloud deployments.

• Familiarity with Snowflake Redshift BigQuery or Azure Synapse.

Compensation:

Commensurate with experience. W2 or C2C arrangements considered.