Ab Initio Developer

• 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 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.