Ab Initio Data Engineer

Job Title - Ab Initio Data Engineer Location - Berkeley Heights, NJ Hire Type - Long Term Contract Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled resource to design and implement high-performance, event-driven data pipelines, ensuring low-latency data processing and high availability system for the large credit card processing system. The ideal candidate will work with the Ab Initio ecosystem (GDE, EME, Conduct>It) to build stateful services that ingest, filter, and transform data from sources like Kafka or message queues, pushing updates to dashboards or downstream databases in near-real-time. Key Responsibilities: • Create complex Ab Initio continuous flow graphs, including stateful joins, sliding time windows, and aggregations. • Implement event-driven data pipelines using Kafka, MQ, and file streams. • Ensure the resilience of continuous flows, including checkpointing and recovery, to guarantee "exactly-once" processing. • Apply advanced Ab Initio components (e.g., Reformat, Rollup, Join, Partition) to ensure low-latency performance. • Proactively monitor live production streams to ensure 24/7 reliability and troubleshooting data issues • Develop ETL pipelines for batch and real-time data ingestion and transformation. • Implement and ensure data validation, data security, integrity, and compliance across big data platforms. • Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues in large-scale clusters. • Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and application teams to deliver high-quality data solutions. • Automate workflows and improve operational efficiency using scripting and orchestration tools. Required Skills & Qualifications: • Deep understanding of credit card process system • Deep knowledge of GDE (Graphical Development Environment), EME (Enterprise Meta>Environment), Conduct>It, and Continuous Flows. • Understanding of Kafka, message queues, and real-time stateful services. • Proficiency in Unix/Linux shell scripting, SQL, and database technologies (e.g., Oracle, Teradata). • Experience in Java , Scala, Python or Kafka is plus. • Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting. • Understanding of data security, governance, and compliance standards. • Experience with cloud-based big data platforms • Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for big data workloads. • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for data engineering projects. Behavioral Skills: • Good Communication skills • 5 days Work from Office at Berkley Heights, NJ • Team Player • Ability to work in a changing environment • Strong problem solving and analytical skills • Ability to work independently or within a team • Manage day-to-day challenges and communicate developmental risks with the technical team Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field. • Proficiency in business process modeling and documentation tools. • Product implementation experience is preferred