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Ab Initio Administrator

ALTA IT Services, LLC
Reston, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 6/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/21/2026
Ab Initio Administrator

12 month contract – strong possibility of extensions

Reston, VA – Mostly Remote but hybrid as needed 1X monthly and 2-3X a year for team events



This position is an Ab Initio Administrator and not a developer position. The Senior Ab Initio ETL Administrator is responsible for the tasks involved in administration of ETL tool (Ab-Initio) as well as migrating Ab Initio infrastructure to the Cloud. The candidate will support the implementation of a Data Integration/Data Warehouse for the Data products on-prem and in AWS Cloud like EKS containerization for Ab Initio.



Must have:

• At least 5 years of Experienced with all the tasks involved in administration of ETL Tool (Ab Initio)

• Experienced with managing the project of migration or infrastructure build without supervisor

• At least 5 years of Experienced with Advance knowledge of Ab Initio Graphical Development Environment (GDE), Meta Data Hub, Operational Console

• Experience with Ab Initio, AWS EKS, S3, Dynamo DB, Mongo DB, ProgreSQL, RDS, DB2

• 2 years of experience with AWS

• Created Big Data pipelines (ETL) from on-premises to Data Factories, Data Lakes, and Cloud Storage such as EBS or S3.

• DevOps (CI/CD Pipeline) prefers Jenkins experience

• Experience with Advance knowledge of UNIX and SQL

• Experience with manage metadata hub-MDH, Operational Console and troubleshoot environmental issues which affect these components

• Experience with scripting and automation such as design and develop automated ETL process and architecture and unit testing of the ETL code

• Experience with working on the break fix and continuous development items, review, and inspection for the production changes

• Perform the code review for the ETL code developed by the development team and guide to resolve an issue.

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) knowledge and Demonstrated knowledge and best practices of testing environments and processes

• Demonstrated experience working in an Enterprise environment with crossed team interaction and collaboration and policies

• Strong testing skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Strong analytical skills

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

• Familiar with structured programming techniques

• Must be able to perform assigned tasks with minimum supervision

• Strong documentation skills

• Experience working in an Agile environment is a plus

Software:

o Applies and implements best practices for data auditing,

o scalability, reliability, and application performance.

• AWS certification is a plus

• Extensive UNIX AIX or Linux and Scripting experience

• Extensive SDLC experience with some development or Systems programming experience

• Ability to analyze and trouble-shoot Mid-tier/infrastructure issues.

• Very strong verbal and written communication skills (Critical)

• Ability to facilitate technical requirements gathering and design sessions

• Collaborate and interpret business and technical needs

• Excellent attention to detail and quality work products (Critical)

• Strong customer service skills with internal and external customers (Critical)

• Must be able to perform assigned tasks with minimum supervision (Critical)

• Strong analytical and documentation skills

• Excellent time management ability. (Critical)



Skills Preferred


  • Experience with DEVOPS or IAAS

  •  AIX or Linux

  • LDAP

  • EIAM (Identity Access Management)

  • Ab Initio Admin and Architect

  • Integration experience with Hadoop








System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.



System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.



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