How to hire an informatica etl developer

How to hire an informatica etl developer, step by step

Here's a step-by-step informatica etl developer hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an informatica etl developer job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new informatica etl developer
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your informatica etl developer job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an informatica etl developer for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

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   An informatica etl developer's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, informatica etl developers from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of informatica etl developers.

   Type of Informatica ETL Developer	Description	Hourly rate
   Informatica ETL Developer	Software developers are the creative minds behind computer programs. Some develop the applications that allow people to do specific tasks on a computer or another device... Show more	$33-54
   Pl/Sql Developer	A PL/SQL developer is responsible for managing and designing the network interface of PL/SQL packages according to business requirements and core specifications. PL/SQL developers must have excellent knowledge of technical solutions to create efficient databases and applications with optimal infrastructure and excellent navigation... Show more	$33-53
   Developer	Developers are usually system or application developers in a company who work on specific projects related to networks or applications from conception to implementation. They attend planning sessions to ensure that the program is feasible... Show more	$36-62

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Unix
   • Informatica Workflow
   • SQL Server
   • Data Warehouse
   • PL/SQL
   • Toad
   • Informatica Powercenter
   • Extraction
   • Aggregator
   • Data Analysis
   • Informatica Mappings
   • DB2
   • Oracle Sql
   • XML

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   Responsibilities:

   • Support and maintain production Cognos web portal to manage the OLAP cube and folders.
   • Used various transformations like expression, union, source qualifier, aggregator, router, store procedure, lookup transformations.
   • Work on transformations such as source qualifier, joiner, lookup, rank, expression, aggregator and sequence generator etc.
   • Work with relational databases like DB2.
   • Develop mappings with XML as target and formatting the target data according to the requirement.
   • Work with logical, physical, conceptual, star, snow flake schema data models.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your informatica etl developer job description helps attract top candidates to the position. An informatica etl developer salary can be affected by several factors, such as geography, experience, seniority, certifications, and the prestige of the hiring company.

   For example, the average salary for an informatica etl developer in Nebraska may be lower than in Washington, and an entry-level informatica etl developer usually earns less than a senior-level informatica etl developer. Additionally, an informatica etl developer with certifications may command a higher salary, and working for a well-known company or start-up may also impact an employee's pay.

   Average informatica etl developer salary

   $89,011yearly

   $42.79 hourly rate

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   Entry-level informatica etl developer salary

   $69,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 14, 2025

   Average informatica etl developer salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Washington	$112,044	$54
   2	California	$110,812	$53
   3	Iowa	$95,050	$46
   4	New York	$92,141	$44
   5	North Carolina	$91,200	$44
   6	New Jersey	$89,895	$43
   7	Texas	$89,137	$43
   8	Arizona	$89,128	$43
   9	Massachusetts	$88,233	$42
   10	Ohio	$87,960	$42
   11	Rhode Island	$87,804	$42
   12	District of Columbia	$87,786	$42
   13	Virginia	$85,978	$41
   14	Connecticut	$84,473	$41
   15	Maryland	$84,001	$40
   16	Minnesota	$83,691	$40
   17	Illinois	$82,280	$40
   18	Georgia	$81,623	$39
   19	Michigan	$80,946	$39
   20	Pennsylvania	$80,410	$39

   Average informatica etl developer salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Slalom	$121,070	$58.21	100
   2	Strategic Staffing Solutions	$117,663	$56.57	1
   3	Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	$113,558	$54.60
   4	DIVERSANT	$113,470	$54.55
   5	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$112,792	$54.23	28
   6	Kelly Services	$111,424	$53.57	3
   7	CHRISTUS Health	$108,210	$52.02	3
   8	Randstad North America, Inc.	$103,581	$49.80	51
   9	SPARC	$102,191	$49.13	5
   10	Sagarsoft	$101,225	$48.67
   11	Church Mutual Insurance	$101,188	$48.65
   12	Pinnacle Technical Resources	$100,756	$48.44	14
   13	National Medical Care, Inc.	$100,744	$48.43
   14	NexGen Technologies	$100,005	$48.08
   15	Robert Half	$99,410	$47.79	105
   16	Analysts	$99,195	$47.69	2
   17	CVS Health	$98,762	$47.48	154
   18	Idexcel	$97,853	$47.04	17
   19	TEKWISSEN	$97,776	$47.01	56
   20	Adecco	$97,734	$46.99	3

4. Writing an informatica etl developer job description

   An informatica etl developer job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of an informatica etl developer job description:

   Informatica etl developer job description example

   Are you an experienced, passionate pioneer in technology - a solutions builder, a roll-up-your-sleeves technologist who wants a daily collaborative environment, think-tank feel and share new ideas with your colleagues - without the extensive demands of travel? If so, consider an opportunity with our US Delivery Center - we are breaking the mold of a typical Delivery Center.
   
   Our US Delivery Centers have been growing since 2014 with significant, continued growth on the horizon. Interested? Read more about our opportunity below ...
   Work you'll do/Responsibilities:
   
   Not only will candidates be joining a project team, they will be joining a team of resources dedicated to delivering client engagements from an off-site location focused on common tools, technologies, and methodologies.
   
   The Team
   
   Artificial Intelligence & Data Engineering:
   
   In this age of disruption, organizations need to navigate the future with confidence, embracing decision making with clear, data-driven choices that deliver enterprise value in a dynamic business environment.
   
   The Artificial Intelligence & Data Engineering team leverages the power of data, analytics, robotics, science and cognitive technologies to uncover hidden relationships from vast troves of data, generate insights, and inform decision-making. Together with the Strategy practice, our Strategy & Analytics portfolio helps clients transform their business by architecting organizational intelligence programs and differentiated strategies to win in their chosen markets.
   
   Artificial Intelligence & Data Engineering will work with our clients to:
   
   • Implement large-scale data ecosystems including data management, governance and the integration of structured and unstructured data to generate insights leveraging cloud-based platforms.
   
   • Leverage automation, cognitive and science-based techniques to manage data, predict scenarios and prescribe actions.
   
   • Drive operational efficiency by maintaining their data ecosystems, sourcing analytics expertise and providing As-a-Service offerings for continuous insights and improvements.
   
   • Developing inbound and outbound interfaces between the Employee Cloud and the various source systems we are pushing / pulling data from (or to).
   
   Qualifications:
   
   Required:
   
   • 3+ Years of experience with Informatica ETL Tool
   
   • Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related IT discipline; or equivalent experience
   
   • Must have experience moving data between systems
   
   • Must be able to maintain an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) in support of business intelligence analytics
   
   • Develop and maintain data warehouse objects
   
   • Experience working within an Extraction Transform Load (ETL) software
   
   • Must have 4 years of working within Data Warehouse environments
   
   • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
   
   • Travel up to 10% annually
   
   • Must live or be willing to relocate to a commutable distance to one of the following cities: Lake Mary FL, Mechanicsburg PA, or Gilbert AZ
   
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   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
   
   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find informatica etl developers for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your informatica etl developer job on Zippia to find and recruit informatica etl developer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as dice, engineering.com, stack overflow, it job pro.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting informatica etl developers requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   If your interviews with informatica etl developer applicants aren't enough to make a decision, you should also consider including a test project. These are often the best, most straightforward, and least bias-prone ways of determining who will likely succeed in the role. If you don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new informatica etl developer

   Once you have selected a candidate for the informatica etl developer position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new informatica etl developer. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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