Lead Ab Initio Developer; W2

Division Manager, Talent Acquisition at nTech Workforce

Terms of Employment: Contract, Six Months (Likely Extension). This position is remote. Candidates must reside in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, or West Virginia.

Overview: We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer with deep expertise in Ab Initio to join a high-priority cloud migration team. In this role, you will apply your ETL development skills to help transition our data platform from a Cloudera/Ab Initio environment to a state-of-the-art stack on AWS. If you are an Ab Initio expert who is excited about working with modern cloud data technologies, this is the perfect role for you.

• Develop, test, and maintain ETL processes using Ab Initio for a large-scale data migration.
• Work with the engineering team to deploy and run Ab Initio jobs in a cloud environment.
• Engage in performance tuning of ETL workflows to ensure data is loaded efficiently into new AWS databases like Redshift and Postgre
  
  SQL.
• Analyze and understand the existing Cloudera environment to ensure a smooth transition.
• Collaborate on data access and loading strategies for various file types.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience as an Ab Initio developer with large, enterprise organizations.
• Strong background in ETL development, data warehousing, and database concepts.
• Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts and past project work.
• Experience running Ab Initio on a cloud platform, particularly AWS.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS data services, especially Redshift, Postgre
  
  SQL, and/or Athena.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the Cloudera ecosystem.
• Professional experience in the healthcare industry.