Ab Initio Developer

Job Description

PLEASE NOTE:

• IT IS 100 % On site position in Woodlawn
  
• Selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance
  
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust. Contract requirement.
  
• Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site in Woodlawn, MD 5 days a week
  

KEY REQUIRED SKILLS:

strong experience with designing, developing, and maintaining Extract Transform Load (ETL) pipelines and data integration solutions using the Ab Initio tools suite.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Strong experience in design, building and testing graphs and ETL applications using Ab Initio 4. Familiarity with the Ab Initio tool suite and Unix/Linux environments.
  
• Strong experience in enterprise-complexity ETL solutions using Ab-initio suite including products such as GDE>Co-Operating System, Express>IT, Data Quality Environment (DQE), Continuous Flows, Amazon S3 utilities.
  
• Strong knowledge of Ab Initio lifecycle analysis, designs, implementation, and code migration.
  
• Design ETL Framework for an audit and data reconciliation to manage batch and real time interfaces.
  
• Develop ETL jobs for automation, monitoring and responsible for job performance optimization using ETL development tools or custom developed procedures.
  
• Strong experience with SQL, mapping, and integration of relational databases such as DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Greenplum.
  
• Experience automating the loading of data from multiple sources into BI/MI systems.
  
• Working knowledge with analyzing and developing optimal code to maintain high performance for processing large volumes of data.
  
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams and stakeholders.
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver effective search features.
  
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive technical documentation and deliver knowledge transfer sessions to SSA staff.
  
• Ensure compliance with SSA security, privacy, and data management policies.
  
• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience.
  
• Provide guidance/support to other junior/mid-level developers.
  
• All other duties as assigned or directed
  

Requirements

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's and 5+ years of experience, Bachelor's and 7+ years of experience or 13+ years in lieu of a degree
  
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
  

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing, and implementing solutions at a leadership level on project work.
  
• Experience scripting in a Linux environment to automate ETL solutions and data migration jobs.
  
• Experience with data warehousing designs/concepts such as star and snowflake schemas.
  
• Understand and apply quality techniques and practices (automated unit testing, Test Driven Design/Development, performance analysis, continuous integration)
  
• Ability to assist with architectural tactical thinking, information solutions and road maps to drive architectural recommendations.
  
• Excellent communication and written skills.
  
• Detail-oriented and committed to consistently completing repetitive production-like tasks on-time and error-free.
  
• Prior experience working in a federal agency or public sector environment.
  
• Ability to independently research problems and provide solutions.
  

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing, and implementing solutions at a leadership level on project work.
  
• Experience scripting in a Linux environment to automate ETL solutions and data migration jobs.
  
• Experience with data warehousing designs/concepts such as star and snowflake schemas.
  
• Understand and apply quality techniques and practices (automated unit testing, Test Driven Design/Development, performance analysis, continuous integration)
  
• Ability to assist with architectural tactical thinking, information solutions and road maps to drive architectural recommendations.
  
• Experience with modern development software, tools, and methodologies.
  
• Experience working on Agile projects and understanding Agile terminology.
  

Requirements
Requirements BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Master's and 5+ years of experience, Bachelor's and 7+ years of experience or 13+ years in lieu of a degree Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field. REQUIRED SKILLS Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing, and implementing solutions at a leadership level on project work. Experience scripting in a Linux environment to automate ETL solutions and data migration jobs. Experience with data warehousing designs/concepts such as star and snowflake schemas. Understand and apply quality techniques and practices (automated unit testing, Test Driven Design/Development, performance analysis, continuous integration) Ability to assist with architectural tactical thinking, information solutions and road maps to drive architectural recommendations. Excellent communication and written skills. Detail-oriented and committed to consistently completing repetitive production-like tasks on-time and error-free. Prior experience working in a federal agency or public sector environment. Ability to independently research problems and provide solutions. DESIRED SKILLS: Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing, and implementing solutions at a leadership level on project work. Experience scripting in a Linux environment to automate ETL solutions and data migration jobs. Experience with data warehousing designs/concepts such as star and snowflake schemas. Understand and apply quality techniques and practices (automated unit testing, Test Driven Design/Development, performance analysis, continuous integration) Ability to assist with architectural tactical thinking, information solutions and road maps to drive architectural recommendations. Experience with modern development software, tools, and methodologies. Experience working on Agile projects and understanding Agile terminology.