Contract: 6 Months Renewable Contract
Location: Johannesburg
Work Model: Hybrid 3 days in the Office
Job Responsibilities
A skilled Ab Initio developer specialising in implementing data processing solutions. The role encompasses business and systems requirement analysis, technical design, development and end-to- end landscape implementation using the AB Initio software platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data warehousing, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, data integration and agile methodologies.
Preferred Qualification
• IT Eng/IS/BSc/Com Science University Degree/Diploma
Preferred Certifications
• Ab Initio and/or Integration Specific certification
Technical / Professional Knowledge
• AB Initio software platform
• ETL processes and data warehousing concepts
• IT Architecture
• Agile Methodology
• Microsoft Office
• Business analysis
• Presentation Skills
• Business Consulting and Facilitation skills
• System Development Life cycle (SDLC)
• Problem solving skills.
Job Responsibilities
• Design, develop and execute complex data acquisition and processing solutions using AB Initio software.
• Interfacing between SAP and non-SAP environments through ETL tools such as AB INITIO and SAP Data Services.
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to gather requirements and define data processing needs.
• Ability to design best practice solutions according to business requirements, technically develop the solutions, user acceptance testing and promoting to Production.
• Contribute to quality and financial goals by operating within agreed budget and by conforming to the Service Level Agreements.
• Plans and prioritise work outputs with a realistic sense of time and resource involved.
• Conformance to programming and/or configuration standards and /or documentation in line with best practices.
• Investigate and propose enhancements which will result in improved performance.
• Delivers to customers with the appropriate level of urgency.
• Manage own work and time to achievement of project/deliverables.
• Takes ownership in ensuring that customers’ expectations are met.
• Customer liaison into business.
• Demonstrates an understanding of how Ab Initio software, services, products, and solutions add value to the business.
• Highlights potential project or solution risks and issues to project management.
• Acts in a functional integration specialist role across various Ab Initio/SAP disciplines.
• Provide and develop new proposals to key stakeholder.
• Provide Industry solutions and bets practices knowledge to clients.
• Maintain and expand client contact as a high level and build credible relationship with key client personnel.
• Knowledge Sharing
• Prioritise and/or integrate multiple projects /tasks concurrently.
• Provide input to highlight inter dependencies between projects and support.
• Consult on project activities leading to the implementation of the requirements by applying project management principles across multiple projects.
• Provide direction on all aspects of Ab Initio system and integration thereof.
• Identify and Mitigate risk.
