Ab Initio Developer, Location: Reston, VA - Hybrid onsite 1x/wk, must be located in DMV area or WV

Ab Initio Developer

Location: Reston, VA - Hybrid onsite 1X per week-candidates must be located in DMV area or West Virginia for consideration.

Role Type: 12 + month contract-good chance for extensions and/or contract to hire

Must be eligible for Contract to Hire (no sponsorship)

Must have LinkedIn profile with photo

J.D.

Qualifications & Experience:
Total of 10+ Years of IT Experience predominantly in Data Integration/ Data Warehouse area
Must have at least 5 years of ETL Design and Development experience using Ab Initio

MUST HAVE strong Ab Initio Development experience

1-2 years of Data Integration project experience on Hadoop Platform, preferably Cloudera
AbInitio CDC ( Change Data Capture ) experience in a Data Integration/ETL project setting is great to have
Working knowledge of HDFS, Hive, Impala and other related Hadoop technologies
Working knowledge in various AWS services is nice to have
Sound understanding of SQL and ability to write well performing SQL queries
Good knowledge of OLTP and OLAP data models and other data warehouse fundamentals
Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices, ability to write reusable code components
Ability to unit test the code thoroughly and to troubleshoot issues in production environments
Must have some working experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting
Must be able to work independently and support other junior developers as needed
Some Java development experience is nice to have
Knowledge of Agile Development practices is required

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1) Work with Business Analysts and Product team to gather data requirements

2) Design and Build AbInitio data graphs and data pipelines to extract the data various databases/flat files/message queues

3) Transform the data to create a consumable data layer for various application uses

4) Support Data pipeline with bug fixes, and additional enhancements

5) Document Technical design , Operational Runbook etc

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Education Details: Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering or related field