Ab Initio Administrator

Spatial Front, Inc.

$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • 3+ years of experience in systems administration or ETL support
  • Hands-on experience with Oracle and Solaris/UNIX environments
  • Strong scripting and automation skills
  • Experience with ETL processes and batch processing
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance
  • Experience in secure federal or DoD environments preferred

Responsibilities

  • Administer and monitor the Ab Initio platform and data infrastructure for PeopleSoft HCM
  • Install, configure, and maintain Ab Initio components and support servers
  • Perform core administrative functions including environment setup and job scheduling
  • Develop and maintain shell scripts and automation utilities to enhance operations
  • Monitor system health, ETL job performance, and capacity management
  • Support change control processes and compliance with security requirements
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to troubleshoot issues and ensure stability

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work environment
  • Participation in compliance and audit activities
  • Involvement in continuous improvement initiatives
  • Opportunity to work in a highly secure environment
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

is seeking an Ab Initio Administrator to support our growing team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the administration, sustainment, security, and continuous improvement of the Ab Initio platform and related data integration infrastructure supporting PeopleSoft HCM within a secured, on-premises federal environment. This role requires strong platform administration, troubleshooting, scripting, and automation skills, along with experience operating in highly secure, mission-critical enterprise environments.

Work Location: Hybrid, On-site, Arlington, VA

Key Responsibilities:
  • Administer, monitor, and sustain the Ab Initio platform and associated data integration infrastructure supporting PeopleSoft HCM and connected enterprise systems in a secure, on-premises environment.
  • Install, configure, patch, maintain, and troubleshoot Ab Initio components, supporting servers, and Oracle-based platform dependencies across development, test, and production environments.
  • Perform core Ab Initio administrative functions, including:
  • Environment setup
  • Job execution and scheduling coordination
  • Metadata and repository support
  • File handling and data movement
  • Platform access administration
  • Develop and maintain shell scripts, automation utilities, runbooks, and SOPs to improve reliability, efficiency, and operational consistency.
  • Monitor system health, ETL job performance, batch processing, logs, interfaces, and capacity; investigate incidents and coordinate timely resolution.
  • Support change control processes, release readiness, audit activities, and environment promotions in compliance with security and operational requirements.
  • Collaborate with application, database, middleware, infrastructure, and security teams to maintain integrations, troubleshoot issues, and ensure stable operations.
  • Participate in system hardening, vulnerability remediation, contingency planning, backup and recovery, and sustainment activities in highly secure environments.


Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
  • 3+ years of experience in infrastructure, systems administration, ETL platform support, or related roles.
  • Hands-on experience with on-premises Oracle and Solaris/UNIX environments.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills for operational and administrative support.
  • Experience with ETL processes, data movement, batch processing, scheduling, and file transfer mechanisms.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
  • Experience working in secure federal or DoD environments is preferred.

Desired Skills:
  • Familiarity with PeopleSoft HCM architecture, interfaces, batch processing, and Oracle ecosystem integrations.
  • Experience supporting Ab Initio platform capabilities in enterprise environments, including job execution, scheduling, metadata/repository management, and production sustainment.
  • Knowledge of operational best practices, including runbooks, SOPs, change management, backup and recovery, incident and problem management.
  • Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams supporting mission-critical systems.

Additional Information:
  • Clearance: Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
  • Work Environment: On-site/Hybrid as required by the contract and program.
  • For information on SFI's benefits, please visit http://www.spatialfront.com/pages/career.html
  • This is a full-time, W2 position.
  • No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.

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