Senior Data Warehousing Programmer

PlanIT Group is seeking a Senior Data Warehousing Programmer to support our Federal customer in the Washington, DC area. The ideal candidate will focus on development and maintenance of applications providing ETL services in support of the customer Data Asset Services team. A working knowledge of how Ab Initio conducts data extract, transformations, and loading - especially to and from Teradata. Development of graphs, plans, PSETs and how to develop tests and debug. PDL scripting., All work and duties are focused on development and maintenance of applications providing ETL services in support of the customer Data Asset Services team. The tasks to be performed under the scope of this statement of work must be completed under the direction, oversight, and prioritization of the Data Technology Services Manager and/or designated Program Managers.

The following describes the abilities, job categories, and tasks the resources are expected to perform.

• Ab Initio ETL Coding in GDE
• Ab Initio Metadata Hub Lineage
• Ab Initio TRMC
• ANSI SQL and Teradata SQL extensions
• Teradata SQL Assistant (a.k.a. QueryMan) for EDS Support
• Teradata Utilities for EDS Support:
• BTEQ
• FastLoad
• MultiLoad
• FastExport
• TPump

Data Warehousing, Computer Programming, NCR Teradata, Computer Programming, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Administration, Data Warehousing, Customer/Client Research, Debugging Skills, Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL), In addition, the following UNIX skills are required:

• UNIX commands and concepts in order to navigate source code directories, find error logs, perform impact analysis assessments, edit code, version files
• Linux Shell scripting in order to read and create driver scripts

In addition, the following Ab Initio skills are required:

• A working knowledge of how Ab Initio conducts data extract, transformations, and loading - especially to and from Teradata
• Development of graphs, plans, PSETs and how to develop tests and debug
• PDL scripting

The following additional skills are required:

• A working knowledge of how MicroStrategy and other OLAP tools interact with Teradata.
• A working knowledge of the major competing Data Warehouse modeling techniques (Third-Normal-Form and Dimensional modeling) and how data modeling decisions affect the performance of ETL, structured report queried, and unstructured data analysis.
• A working knowledge of Web API development.
• A working knowledge of storing, reading and analyzing streaming data - i.e., kafka, mqseries, or similar technologies, such as JMS.
• A working knowledge of Cloud technology - developing and architecting.
• A working knowledge of BI metrics and/or dashboards design and performance tuning.

Additional Required Skills/Experience:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in software development
• A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred.
• Able to perform all functional duties independently.
• Experience training/mentoring less experienced personnel.
• Experience authoring or contributing to software-related documentation such as requirements specifications, design documents, technical manuals, and user manuals.
• Excellent communication skills.

Additional Provisions:

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Pass both a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident.
• Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)