Position : Senior Ab Initio Platform Architect - AWS Modernization
Location : Remote
Job Description :
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Ab Initio Platform Architect / Engineer to support a large-scale modernization initiative for a major enterprise organization.
This is a highly technical role focused on the migration of an existing Ab Initio enterprise data platform into AWS, while establishing the architectural and operational foundation for a future modernization to Databricks.
The ideal candidate is more than an Ab Initio developer. You are an experienced platform engineer and architect who understands the infrastructure behind enterprise ETL environments including AWS, Linux/Unix, storage, networking, security, scheduling, access management, and platform administration.
What You'll Do
AWS & Platform Modernization
- Support the lift-and-shift migration of a large-scale legacy Ab Initio environment into AWS.
- Assess infrastructure, application, and platform dependencies to develop a practical migration strategy.
- Work with cloud and infrastructure teams to address compute, storage, networking, security, firewall, and access requirements.
- Identify technical risks and dependencies before they impact the migration.
Ab Initio Platform Administration
- Configure and manage Ab Initio platforms and sandbox environments.
- Support scheduling, access, operational processes, and platform stability.
- Troubleshoot platform and infrastructure issues.
Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Provide senior technical and architectural guidance throughout the modernization.
- Bring lessons learned from previous enterprise cloud migrations and modernization programs.
- Identify opportunities to make AWS implementation decisions that support future migration to Databricks.
- Challenge technical assumptions when appropriate and provide practical alternatives
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
- Significant professional experience with Ab Initio migrations/modernizations.
- Strong hands-on AWS experience.
- Experience migrating legacy platforms or applications into AWS.
- Experience with large-scale lift-and-shift migrations.
- Experience transitioning legacy data platforms toward modern cloud data architectures.
- Experience with AWS EC2 and cloud infrastructure concepts.
- Strong understanding of AWS storage, networking, security, firewall, and access-management concepts.
- Strong Linux/Unix administration experience; Red Hat experience preferred.
- Experience working with enterprise-scale ETL/data environments.
- Ability to work across infrastructure, application, data, and security teams.
- Strong technical communication and documentation skills.
