Ab Initio Developer
Job Description
Job Title : Ab Initio Developer
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Location : Berkeley Height, NJ (All 5 Days Onsite)
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Hire Type : Long Term Contract
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Job Summary:
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We are seeking a highly skilled resource to design and implement high-performance, event-driven data pipelines, ensuring low-latency data processing and high availability system for the large credit card processing system. The ideal candidate will work with the Ab Initio ecosystem (GDE, EME, Conduct>It) to build stateful services that ingest, filter, and transform data from sources like Kafka or message queues, pushing updates to dashboards or downstream databases in near-real-time.
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Key Responsibilities:
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• Create complex Ab Initio continuous flow graphs, including stateful joins, sliding time windows, and aggregations.
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• Implement event-driven data pipelines using Kafka, MQ, and file streams.
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• Ensure the resilience of continuous flows, including checkpointing and recovery, to guarantee "exactly-once" processing.
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• Apply advanced Ab Initio components (e.g., Reformat, Rollup, Join, Partition) to ensure low-latency performance.
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• Proactively monitor live production streams to ensure 24/7 reliability and troubleshooting data issues
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• Develop ETL pipelines for batch and real-time data ingestion and transformation.
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• Implement and ensure data validation, data security, integrity, and compliance across big data platforms.
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• Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues in large-scale clusters.
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• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and application teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.
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• Automate workflows and improve operational efficiency using scripting and orchestration tools.
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Required Skills & Qualifications:
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• Deep understanding of credit card process system
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• Deep knowledge of GDE (Graphical Development Environment), EME (Enterprise Meta>Environment), Conduct>It, and Continuous Flows.
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• Understanding of Kafka, message queues, and real-time stateful services.
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• Proficiency in Unix/Linux shell scripting, SQL, and database technologies (e.g., Oracle, Teradata).
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• Experience in Java , Scala, Python or Kafka is plus.
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• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
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• Understanding of data security, governance, and compliance standards.
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• Experience with cloud-based big data platforms
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• Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for big data workloads.
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• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for data engineering projects.
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Behavioral Skills:
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• Good Communication skills
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• 5 days’ Work from Office at Berkley Heights, NJ
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• Team Player
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• Ability to work in a changing environment
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• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
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• Ability to work independently or within a team
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• Manage day-to-day challenges and communicate developmental risks with the technical team
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Qualifications:
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• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
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• Proficiency in business process modeling and documentation tools.
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• Product implementation experience is preferred