Business Development Associate

Location : Kochi

Upsmart Solutions

At Upsmart Solutions, we are committed to building a talented and diverse team that drives our company forward. We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to help source, identify, and hire exceptional candidates across various departments. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and organizational skills, experience in talent acquisition, and proficiency with applicant tracking systems. They should also be adept at utilizing platforms like Naukri for candidate sourcing and be able to create sourcing strategies that align with the company’s goals.

Objectives of this role:

●    Contribute to building diverse, skilled teams that align with Upsmart Solutions' growth plans.

●    Create and execute long-term strategies to meet staffing needs.

●    Develop innovative sourcing techniques, including employer branding, to attract top talent.

●    Provide an outstanding candidate experience through every stage of the hiring process.

●    Collaborate closely with hiring managers to ensure clear expectations and a unified recruitment approach.

Key Responsibilities:

●    Work with hiring managers to identify staffing requirements and candidate criteria.

●    Source candidates via Naukri, LinkedIn, and other professional platforms.

●    Write clear and comprehensive job descriptions and interview questions tailored to each role.

●    Review CVs, portfolios, and references to identify suitable candidates.

●    Attend job fairs, career events, and networking opportunities to strengthen the talent pipeline.

●    Keep meticulous records of recruitment activities, including interview notes and candidate feedback, for key stakeholders.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

●    2-3 years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment.

●    Proficiency in full-cycle recruitment and various interview and evaluation methods.

●    Hands-on experience with platforms such as Naukri, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, and other recruitment channels.

●    Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage and build rapport with candidates and internal teams.

●    Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail.

●    Familiarity with documenting recruitment processes and staying updated on hiring trends.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

●    Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

●    Knowledge of applicant tracking systems (ATS).

●    Professional certification in HR (e.g., SHRM, HRCI) is a plus.

·         Architect, develop and deploy software using Django/ Python

·         Strong hands on experience in Django and Python Experience with RDBMS, PostgreSQL, MySQL.

·         Experience with HTML5, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery.

·         Experience with Linux platform.

·         Experience building responsive web applications with Bootstrap

·         Understanding of Amazon AWS/ EC2 deployment architecture experience is a plus

·         Experience with source control management tools (Git preferred) Preferred skills 

·         Any work experience related to data scraping algorithms would be an add on weightage

Primary Duties and Responsibilities 

• Experience with Informatica Multidomain MDM 10.4 tool suite preferred
• Partnering with data architects and engineers to ensure an optimal data model design and implementation for each MDM domain in accordance with industry and MDM best practices
• Works with data governance and business steward(s) to design, develop, and configure business rules for data validation, standardize, match, and merge
• Implementation of Data Quality policies, procedures and standards along with Data Governance Team for maintenance of customer, location, product, and other data domains; Experience with Informatica IDQ tool suite preferred.
• Performs data analysis and source-to-target mapping for ingest and egress of data.
• Maintain compliance with change control, SDLC, and development standards.
• Champion the creation and contribution to technical documentation and diagrams.
• Establishes a technical vision and strategy with the team and works with the team to turn it into reality.
• Emphasis on coaching and training to cultivate skill development of team members within the department.
• Responsible for keeping up with industry best practices and trends.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and continuously improve the MDM ecosystem.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• May participate in off-hours on-call rotation.
• Attends and is prepared to participate in team, department and company meetings.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This is a non-management role

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Sciences, Business Administration, or related field; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of experience in implementing MDM solutions using Informatica MDM.
• 2+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, and data management concepts.
• Professional working knowledge of Customer 360 solution
• Professional working knowledge in multi domain MDM data modeling.
• Strong understanding of company master data sets and their application in complex business processes and support data profiling, extraction, and cleansing activities using Informatica Data Quality (IDQ).
• Strong knowledge in the installation and configuration of the Informatica MDM Hub.
• Familiarity with real-time, near real-time and batch data integration.
• Strong experience and understanding of Informatica toolsets including Informatica MDM Hub, Informatica Data Quality (IDQ), Informatica Customer 360, Informatica EDC, Hierarchy Manager (HM), Business Entity Service Model, Address Doctor, Customizations & Composite Services
• Experience with event-driven architectures (e.g. Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, Azure Event Hub, etc.).
• Professional working knowledge of CI/CD technologies such as Concourse, TeamCity, Octopus, Jenkins, and CircleCI.
• Team player that exhibits high energy, strategic thinking, collaboration, direct communication and results orientation.

Physical Requirements

• Visual requirements include: ability to see detail at near range with or without correction. Must be physically able to perform sedentary work: occasionally lifting or carrying objects of no more than 10 pounds, and occasionally standing or walking, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions

• The duties of this position are performed through a combination of an open office setting and remote work options. Full remote work options available for employees that reside outside of the Des Moines Metro Area. There is frequent pressure to meet deadlines and handle multiple projects in a day.

Equipment Used to Perform Job

• Windows, or Mac computer and various software solutions.

Financial Responsibility

• Responsible for company assets including maintenance of software solutions.

Contacts

• Has frequent contact with office personnel in other departments related to the position, as well as occasional contact with users and customers. Engages stakeholders from other area in the business.

Confidentiality

• Has access to confidential information including trade secrets, intellectual property, various financials, and customer data.

• Experience with Flutter SDK and Dart programming language.
• Strong knowledge on Flutter widgets like Cupertino for iOS and Material Components for Android.
• Knowledge on building flutter module and flutter plug-ins.
• Experience working on mobile platform like Android/iOS is required.
• Good knowledge in OOPS concepts and JAVA.
• Experienced in building mobile applications that utilizes web services (SOAP / REST / JSON / GSON).
• Worked on Dart.js
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Good knowledge of database (MySQL, SQLlite, RealM).
• Knowledge on play-store publishing & distribution.
• Identify problems and bottlenecks before hand and report to the concerned personnel.
• Strong knowledge on mobile app development cycle and design principles.
• Good understanding of Android/iOS design guidelines, SDK and excellent JavaScript skills.
• Knowledge and experience with UX/UI design skills.

• Design and build advanced applications for the Flutter platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

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