Senior Talend Lead

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our world’s potential. We’re people-centric and here to power good. Every day, we future-proof urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from what’s now to what’s next. We make it happen through the power of acceleration.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

Location: Reading, PA (Hybrid)

The Team

You’ll join a Data Engineering / Integration COE that builds scalable, governed data pipelines and modern cloud data platform solutions. The team partners closely with Data Architects, DBAs, Cloud Engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade integrations, migrations, and data quality initiatives using the Talend Platform across multi-cloud environments.

The Role

As a Talend Platform Expert, you will:

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Architect and develop Talend solutions using:

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Talend Data Integration

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Talend Cloud (Management Console, Job Server, Remote Engine)

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Talend Data Quality and Master Data Management (MDM)

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Design reusable frameworks and templates to accelerate delivery and standardize patterns.

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Implement enterprise-grade controls including standardized logging, error handling, retry logic, monitoring, and operational readiness.

Data Migration & Modernization

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Lead large-scale data migrations from Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, and legacy platforms to cloud data platforms.

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Define and execute migration strategies: one-time migrations, CDC/incremental loads, and near zero-downtime cutovers.

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Validate outcomes through reconciliation, profiling, and data quality checks.

Cloud & Platform Integration

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Integrate Talend with cloud ecosystems, including:

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AWS (S3, Redshift, RDS, Glue)

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Azure (ADLS, Synapse, SQL DB)

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GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage)

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Build secure integrations using APIs, message queues, and microservices.

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Ensure alignment with enterprise security, IAM, and encryption standards.

Governance, Quality & Compliance

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Implement data quality rules, validations, and exception handling.

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Enforce metadata management and lineage tracking.

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Support compliance requirements such as GDPR, SOX, HIPAA (as applicable).

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Align solutions to enterprise data governance frameworks.

DevOps & Automation

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Integrate Talend pipelines into CI/CD processes.

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Enable automated testing (unit, regression, data validation).

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Manage version control, environment promotions, and release readiness.

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Support proactive monitoring and production stability.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

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Lead and mentor Talend developers and data engineers.

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Translate business needs into technical designs and implementation plans.

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Participate in architecture reviews and executive-level discussions.

What You’ll Bring

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Strong hands-on expertise across Talend Data Integration, Talend Cloud, Data Quality, and MDM.

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Proven experience building reusable Talend frameworks with robust logging, error handling, retry, and monitoring standards.

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Deep experience leading data migrations and modernization, including CDC/incremental patterns and near-zero downtime cutovers.

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Solid integration experience across AWS/Azure/GCP services and modern connectivity patterns (APIs, queues, microservices).

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Strong grounding in data governance, metadata/lineage, and data quality implementation.

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Experience enabling DevOps for Talend (CI/CD integration, automated testing, versioning, and environment promotion).

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Ability to lead teams, mentor engineers, and communicate clearly with both technical and business stakeholders.

About us

We’re a global, team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can make a positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can bring a better tomorrow closer to today, this is the place for you.

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Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.