Kettle Engineer (Seattle) at Soho Square Solutions

Description: Job Title: Kettle EngineerLocation: Seattle, WA (Can be Remote)Type: ContractRole OverviewWere seeking a Kettle Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve our Pentaho Data Integration (PDI/Kettle) platform and data movement processes that underpin businesscritical workflows. You will own endtoend lifecycle managementfrom environment build and configuration to orchestration, monitoring, and supportpartnering closely with application teams, production operations, and data stakeholders. The ideal candidate combines strong handson Kettle expertise with solid SQL, automation, and production support practices in a fastmoving, highly collaborative environment.Primary ResponsibilitiesPlatform ownership: Install, configure, harden, and upgrade Kettle/PDI components (e.g., Spoon) across dev/prod.Process engineering: Migrate, re-engineer, and optimize jobs and transformations for existing transformations.Reliability & support: Document all workflows including ownership and escalation protocols. Knowledge transfer with Automation and Application Support teams.Observability: Implement proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting for the Kettle platform including all dependent processes.Collaboration: Partner with application, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver improvements to existing designsRequired QualificationsKettle/PDI expertise: Experience installing and configuring a Kettle instance (server and client tools, repositories, parameters, security, and upgrades).Kettle/PDI expertise: Experience creating, maintaining, and supporting Kettle processes (jobs/transformations, error handling, recovery, and performance tuning).4+ years handson SQL (writing/diagnosing and optimizing queries).Strong communication skills for both technical and nontechnical audiences; effective at documenting and sharing knowledge.Preferred QualificationsExperience integrating Kettle with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure); familiarity with containers or Windows/Linux server administration.Exposure to monitoring/observability stacks (e.g., DataDog, CloudWatch, or similar).Scripting/automation for operations (Python, PowerShell, or Bash); experience with REST APIs within Kettle.Background in financial services or other regulated/missioncritical environments.Key Outcomes (First 90 Days)Stand up or validate a hardened Kettle environment with baseline monitoring and runbooks.Migrate at least two highvalue Kettle workflows using shared templates and standardized error handling.