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Senior Database Administrator (On-Site)

Ashburn, VA · On-site

$88K - $163K/yr

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Experience with AB Initio or similar ETL tools, Apache Kafka, Go Anywhere MFT Software Maintenance ... Experience as a senior DBA on DoD or federal agency programs. * Familiarity with cloud database ...

USM

Unix/WebSphere Systems Engineer

Washington, DC

Duration: 12 Months Seeking a Unix Systems Engineer/Websphere System Administrator to support the ... The environment also contains LDAP and Ab Initio. Tasks: Provide technical support for the CCTI ...

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An Ab Initio Administrator is responsible for managing, configuring, and maintaining the Ab Initio ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) environment. They handle user access, performance tuning, job scheduling, and troubleshooting to ensure the ETL processes run efficiently. Additionally, they support development teams by optimizing workflows, monitoring system performance, and ensuring data integrity in large-scale data processing environments.

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As an Ab Initio Administrator, your daily tasks generally include managing the Ab Initio environment, monitoring ETL job performance, troubleshooting job and process failures, and ensuring data integrity across platforms. You will frequently coordinate with data engineers and developers to implement changes, perform upgrades, and optimize workflows. Regular maintenance of metadata repositories, job scheduling, system backups, and adhering to security protocols are also important aspects. These responsibilities are critical for maintaining reliable, efficient data operations within the organization.

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To thrive as an Ab Initio Administrator, you need expertise in Ab Initio ETL tools, data warehousing concepts, and a solid background in database management, usually supported by a degree in computer science or information technology. Familiarity with UNIX/Linux environments, shell scripting, and related tools such as Ab Initio Co>Operating System, GDE (Graphical Development Environment), and EME (Enterprise Metadata Environment) is typically required, along with relevant certifications being a plus. Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and effective communication skills are valuable soft skills in this role. These capabilities ensure smooth data operations, minimize downtime, and enable successful collaboration with cross-functional data and engineering teams.

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Urgent Need UNIX Systems Websphere Systems Administrator

USM

Washington, DC • On-site

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Re-posted 11 days ago

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Company Description

Businesses face challenges every day building responsive and agile IT capabilities to grow and stay ahead. Since everyone has access to the same tools, your competitive advantage directly depends on how you apply technology - on the people leading, supporting and optimizing your IT initiatives. USM Business Systems, established in 1999, is an industry-leading private talent management firm, specializing in providing unique IT turnkey solutions, IT staffing solutions, and Talent management insights, enabling you to sustain a truly competitive advantage in this fast-moving environment. USM has offices throughout the US and offshore delivery centers in India. USM is a certified Minority Business Enterprise and is a CMMi Level 3 Organization.

USM is recognized as one of the fastest growing IT Temporary Staffing firms in the US and most recently was ranked #3 on the list of the Top Temporary Staffing firms in the DC Metro Area - Washington Business Journal (2016).

Job Description

Position Title: Unix Systems Engineer/Websphere System Administrator

Location: Washington, DC.

Duration: 12 Months

Seeking a Unix Systems Engineer/Websphere System Administrator to support the Smart Analytics environment for the CCTI project Support (SOW0028), and Disaster Recovery (SOW005). The candidate should have strong experience with IBM's AIX operating system, WebSphere Administration and MQSeries, Support for COGNOS applications, POWER Unix servers, as well as an understanding of Network Install Manager (NIM) and DB2.

The project supports a Data Warehouse environment using IBM's Smart Analytics System. The Smart Analytics is an appliance-like solution that consists of POWER servers running AIX, DS3500 storage, DB2 Warehouse, WebSphere, and Cognos. The environment also contains LDAP and Ab Initio.

Tasks:

Provide technical support for the CCTI disaster recovery environment

Provide support to application development staff with architecture, development and Migration of WebSphere and MQSeries applications.

Provide support to application development staff with deployment and problem resolution of COGNOS applications

Manage Unix servers contained in the Smart Analytics solution

Perform user management tasks in the Smart Analytics environment.

Perform maintenance on the Smart Analytics environment using the Smart Analytics management console.

Provide support for Test and Production outages.

Provide support for application upgrades.

Perform system backups and manage the NIM environment.

Create all necessary documents and communicate to the team in support of the projects

Assist with problem analysis and resolution

Implement reports and automation to manage and monitor the environments

Attend meetings to provide technical analysis / support.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

1. The internal drive, intellectual curiosity, ability to learn, and desire to help the customers succeed

2. Strong technical and leadership skills

3. Comfortable working under Project Manager supervision

4. Ability to work proactively

Specific Required Skills

5-8 years' experience in the administration and management of AIX systems and POWER hardware Experience using the WebSphere Application Server console for monitoring, starting, and stopping of applications

Experience supporting COGNOS applications

Script writing to simplify tasks

Strong analytic, problem solving, and collaborative skills

Familiarity with SAN storage concepts and IBM storage subsystems

Additional Information

If you are interested in the below position please forward your profile to alih@usmsystems(dot)com or call me on 703-955-3955

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