Remote Senior Ab Initio Platform Architect — AWS Modernization
About The Position
The Senior Ab Initio Platform Architect / Engineer will support a large-scale modernization initiative for a major enterprise organization. The role focuses on migrating an existing Ab Initio enterprise data platform into AWS and establishing an architectural and operational foundation for a future modernization to Databricks. This is a hands-on platform engineering and architecture position requiring knowledge of the infrastructure behind enterprise ETL environments, including AWS, Linux/Unix, storage, networking, security, scheduling, access management, and platform administration. The position supports a long-term project. It is remote, with location preferences for the Dallas/Fort Worth area and Texas, followed by the Central and Eastern time zones; exceptional Pacific time zone candidates may be considered. Occasional travel is expected, approximately once per year, with expenses paid by the client.
Requirements
- Significant professional experience with Ab Initio migrations or modernizations.
- Strong hands-on AWS experience.
- Experience migrating legacy platforms or applications into AWS.
- Experience with large-scale lift-and-shift migrations.
- Experience transitioning legacy data platforms toward modern cloud data architectures.
- Experience with AWS EC2 and cloud infrastructure concepts.
- Strong understanding of AWS storage, networking, security, firewall, and access-management concepts.
- Strong Linux/Unix administration experience.
- Experience working with enterprise-scale ETL/data environments.
- Ability to work across infrastructure, application, data, and security teams.
- Strong technical communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to explain complex technical issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to take ownership, follow through, and work collaboratively in a small technical team.
Nice To Haves
- Red Hat experience.
- Experience with Databricks.
- Experience with Redshift.
- Experience modernizing legacy ETL/data platforms.
- Experience working with enterprise data warehouses or data-generation platforms.
- Experience supporting complex, highly interconnected production environments.
Responsibilities
- Support the lift-and-shift migration of a large-scale legacy Ab Initio environment into AWS.
- Assess infrastructure, application, and platform dependencies to develop a practical migration strategy.
- Work with cloud and infrastructure teams to address compute, storage, networking, security, firewall, and access requirements.
- Identify technical risks and dependencies before they affect the migration.
- Configure and manage Ab Initio platforms and sandbox environments.
- Support scheduling, access, operational processes, and platform stability.
- Troubleshoot platform and infrastructure issues.
- Provide senior technical and architectural guidance throughout the modernization.
- Apply lessons learned from previous enterprise cloud migrations and modernization programs.
- Identify AWS implementation decisions that support a future migration to Databricks.
- Challenge technical assumptions when appropriate and provide practical alternatives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
