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# Ab Initio Developer

- **Company:** SAR TECH LLC
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, IBM DB2, Database Queries, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Shell Script, Teradata SQL, Parallel Computation, Ab Initio
- **Published:** August 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e96dfadb-1442-4ae3-8d0b-ce3f2759080f

## About the Role

* Hands-on Ab Initio ETL development experience.
 * Strong experience with:
 + Ab Initio GDE, + Express>It / Continuous Flows - preferred
 * Strong understanding of ETL, data warehousing, and data integration concepts.
 * Strong SQL skills.
 * Experience with Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server, DB2, or similar databases.
 * Strong Unix/Linux and shell scripting experience.
 * Good understanding of parallel processing, partitioning, and performance tuning.
 * Experience troubleshooting and supporting production ETL environments.
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
 * Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.



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