Informatica MDM/RDM Specialist \ Consultant - Dubai

Informatica MDM/RDM Specialist – Dubai

Location: Dubai, UAE – OnsiteContract: Initial 6 months, with potential extensionEngagement: Full-time contractWe are seeking an experienced Informatica Master Data Management (MDM) and Reference Data Management (RDM) Specialist to support and enhance an established enterprise data-management environment.This is a hands-on role covering application support, incident resolution, data-quality improvement, reference-data maintenance and the delivery of new MDM/RDM enhancements and initiatives.

The successful candidate will work closely with business users, data teams and technical stakeholders in a complex, large-scale organisation.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide day-to-day functional and technical support for the existing Informatica MDM and RDM implementation.Investigate and resolve MDM/RDM incidents, data issues, workflow failures and user-reported problems.Monitor MDM processes, interfaces, workflows, batch jobs and data loads, resolving failures and exceptions.Review master-data quality and identify duplicate, incomplete, inconsistent or inaccurate records.Support data-cleansing, deduplication, record matching, merging and remediation activities.Analyse business requirements and deliver enhancements to existing MDM/RDM functionality, workflows, rules and configurations.Support the onboarding of new master-data domains, applications, business units and processes.Maintain reference data, including code values, hierarchies, mappings and associated approval workflows.Develop a data-consistency report for a key enterprise application, highlighting discrepancies and supporting remediation.Perform root-cause analysis and introduce measures to prevent recurring data and application issues.Produce and maintain technical, functional and operational documentation.Collaborate with business, data-governance, application-support and integration teams.Essential ExperienceStrong hands-on experience with Informatica MDM and Reference Data Management.Experience supporting MDM/RDM solutions within a live production environment.Good understanding of master-data and reference-data principles, governance and lifecycle management.Experience monitoring and troubleshooting MDM jobs, workflows, interfaces and data loads.Strong knowledge of data-quality management, profiling, cleansing, matching, deduplication and record merging.Experience configuring or enhancing MDM/RDM rules, workflows, hierarchies, mappings and approval processes.Strong incident investigation, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.Ability to translate business requirements into functional and technical changes.Good SQL and data-analysis skills.Strong stakeholder-management and communication capabilities.Desirable ExperienceExperience onboarding new data domains or business applications into an Informatica MDM/RDM environment.Knowledge of data governance, metadata management and enterprise data-quality frameworks.Experience producing data-consistency, reconciliation or exception reports.Previous experience working within a government, public-sector or large enterprise environment.Familiarity with integrations between MDM/RDM platforms and downstream enterprise applications.Working ArrangementsThis is an onsite position in Dubai for an initial six-month contract. Candidates must already be based in Dubai or be willing and able to relocate and work onsite for the duration of the engagement.