Ab Initio Administrator (On-site)

DXC Technology•Falls Church, VA

1d•$76,700 - $142,500•Onsite

About The Position

DXC Technology helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private, and hybrid clouds. The world’s largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive new performance levels, competitiveness, and customer experience. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at DXC.com. Clearance: U.S. Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work and to obtain the required security clearance Work Location: On-site 100%, Arlington, VA

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.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in secure federal or DoD environments is preferred.
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.

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.