Ab Initio Developer

AB Initio Developer – HYBRID (JACKSONVILLE, FL)

ARC Group has an immediate opportunity for an Ab Initio Developer! This is starting out as a 12 month contract position with potential to extend longer or possibly convert to FTE. The position is hybrid, with a couple of days per week onsite in Jacksonville, FL. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

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Hybrid role in Jacksonville, FL

Ab Initio Developer – Onsite (JACKSONVILLE, FL)
Ideal Candidate Profile
A Senior Ab Initio Developer with:
Strong Ab Initio & ELT Conversion Expertise

NO H1B, EAD, GC EAD Please.

Job Description:

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Ab Initio (GDE, Co> Operating System, EME)
• Experience converting existing Ab Initio ETL processes to Stored Procedure–based ELT architecture
• Writing highly complex SQL queries (joins across large fact tables, window functions, performance tuning)
• Strong stored procedures development experience
• Experience with:
• IBM Netezza (Preferred)
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Oracle Database
• Handling large-scale batch processing (10TB+ datasets preferred)
• Experience working with very large, high-volume enterprise databases
• Indexing, partitioning, query performance optimization
• Strong Unix/Linux Shell Scripting experience

Core Skills:

• Developing and maintaining Ab Initio graphs for batch and continuous processing.
• Writing complex SQL queries for ELT/ETL pipelines in Netezza (preferred) or similar RDBMS (SQL Server, Oracle).
• Designing optimized data models (fact/dimension tables) for analytics.
• Handling high-volume batch jobs (e.g., nightly healthcare claims processing).
• Tools: Ab Initio, Netezza, SQL Server, SSIS, or similar ETL tools.
• Unix/Linux Scripting for Automation.
• Automating data pipelines (e.g., cron jobs, error handling, file transfers).
• Example: “Scripted automated batch ingestion for multi-terabyte healthcare datasets using Bash.”

Stored Procedure Development.
Building reusable, efficient stored procedures for data transformations and batch workflows.
Example: “Converted Ab Initio transformation logic into optimized stored procedures, reducing runtime by 30%.”

Data Quality & Governance.
Creating data profiles, writing scripts, and developing workflows to support the data quality program.
Performing data analysis to identify data quality issues for relational and non-relational data sources.

Healthcare Data Experience (Nice-to-Have)
Familiarity with healthcare datasets (claims, EHR, HL7) and compliance (HIPAA, PHI).
Understanding of healthcare analytics use cases (risk modeling, population health).

Interested?

Email your most updated resume to Suresh at [email protected] , or apply online and explore other opportunities at .

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