Sr. Data Integration Engineer - Durham

Thomson Reuters is a global leader in providing essential information to the world's businesses and professionals in Law, Financial Services, Tax & Accounting, Media, Healthcare and Scientific Research. With our deep expertise and understanding of these professions, we are able to offer our customers a broad range of innovative products and services. The relevant, insightful information and intuitive supporting systems we provide enable our customers to be successful. Thomson Reuters has operations in 93 countries around the globe. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters provides insights -- information, benchmarks and analysis -- that enable organizations to manage costs, improve performance and enhance the quality of healthcare. Location: Durham, North Carolina.The Senior Data Integration Engineer will design, develop, test and support ETL applications using Informatica Power Center, Ascential DataStage TX and Oracle 10G.  This individual will develop bulk load, stored procedures and triggers using both DBMS native code and commercial ETL tools.  Senior Data Integration Engineers will be expected to be able to estimate application development tasks and to mentor less experience developers. Responsibilities: Coding of application components using Java/J2EE, .NET (VisualBasic or C#), C, WebSphere Portal, Cognos and Microstrategy Adhere to product engineering methodology working collaboratively with product teams (application development, data integration, quality assurance, configuration management, product management) to bring information products to market.  Documents coding and design activities necessary for the proper installation, maintenance and operation of the software. Participate in application design and estimation activities. Mentor less experienced software engineers and associate software engineers. Responsible for the development, production implementation, and ongoing support of information applications.Requirements: Solid communication skills (oral, written, and presentation) and strong interpersonal skills required. Extensive software development experience in a relational database environment is required.  5+ years of experience in commercial software development including testing, deployment and product support. Must have a high ability to learn new things, especially about new technology developments. Ability to mentor less experience application engineers Ability to accurately estimate application development tasks Demonstrated technical knowledge of software development methodologies, design and implementation, particularly the Rational Unified Process (RUP). Excellent analytical and software design skills. Experience with the object oriented web development using J2EE and portal technologies Experience with advanced software design methodologies: RUP, UML, OOA/D Experience with advanced data sharing, data transformation and parsing techniques using XML/XSL is highly desirable. Excellent knowledge of web client-side technologies (HTML, JavaScript, XML, XSL, CSS) Familiarity with relational databases, particularly Oracle.  More advanced database concepts, stored procedures, triggers and transactions are desired. Healthcare experience desirable. BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience required.The H-1B visa cap has been fulfilled for fiscal year 2008 which begins October 1, 2007 and therefore Thomson Reuters is unable to sponsor new (first-time) H-1B visas. Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success.  Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive – we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work. Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Company: The Thomson Corporation Location: Durham, NC 27703 Job Status Full Time, Employee Job Category: IT/Software Development Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager)