DataStage Platform Engineer

Data Stage Platform Engineer – Cincinnati, OH

Type: Contract

Category: Data

Industry: Financial Services

Reference : JN -

Date Posted: 05/04/2026

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Our client seeks a Data Stage 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.

Rate: $64.00 to $74.00/hr. w2

• Provide rapid diagnosis and resolution of Data Stage job failures to maintain test and production stability.
• Monitor and tune Data Stage 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 Data Stage 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.

• Advanced expertise with IBM Data Stage 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.

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, 401(k) with company matching, and life insurance.

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.