Job Title: Freelance Informatica Administrator (IDQ Expertise)

Location: Stratford, UK (Hybrid/Flexible Remote)
Job Type: Contract/Freelance
Duration: long term
Rate: 435£/day max inside Ir35

Job Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Freelance Informatica Administrator with hands-on experience in Informatica Data Quality (IDQ) and PowerCenter administration. The ideal candidate will manage and optimize the Informatica platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across environments. This is a freelance opportunity suited for a technically strong, self-managed individual who can contribute to data quality initiatives and platform stability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, configure, and maintain Informatica services including PowerCenter and IDQ.

• Install and upgrade Informatica products and apply necessary patches or hotfixes.

• Monitor and tune system performance, ensuring optimized resource usage.

• Manage user roles, permissions, and domain configurations for security and compliance.

• Support IDQ project teams with deployment, rule creation, data profiling, and repository management.

• Automate administrative and monitoring tasks through scripts (Shell, Python, etc.).

• Work with developers and data governance teams to ensure data quality rules and standards are properly supported in production environments.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, including workflow/session failures.

• Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams on high availability, backups, and disaster recovery.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with Informatica administration.

• Strong experience with Informatica Data Quality (IDQ) - rule development, profiling, scorecards, and repository management.

• Proficient with Informatica PowerCenter administration.

• Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix systems, and Shell Scripting.

• Familiarity with database systems like Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake, or PostgreSQL.

• Understanding of data quality concepts, data governance, and metadata management.

• Experience with job scheduling and orchestration tools (eg, Control-M, Autosys).

• Good documentation skills and ability to communicate with cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) or cloud migration projects.

• Exposure to data catalog tools and data lineage tracking.

• Informatica Certification (Admin or IDQ Developer).

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environments.