About the position
Job Purpose
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.
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 prioritize 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.
- Actively support other team members on projects as well as internal tasks.
- Knowledge Sharing
- Prioritize 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.
- Drive problem resolution.
- Involved in pre- project planning e.g., determining scope and solution.
- Keep up to date on organization strategy and Ab Initio technologies.
- Accountable for own activities and performance.
- Takes a disciplined approach and works effectively towards clear objectives and prioritizes.
- Analyses and appropriately judges the pro's, cons, opportunities, and risks of a problem.
- Uses and share information from different sources to aid in problem solving.
- Effectively resolves complex problems using creative approaches outside area of expertise.
- Maintain and sharing team knowledge.
- Continually develop core skills, cross-functional expertise, and business knowledge.
- Participate in organization Culture building initiatives.
- Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives.
- Add value to organization by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies, and systems.
Essential Qualification
- IT Eng/IS/BSc/Com Science University Degree/Diploma
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.
Behavioural Competencies
- Building Partnerships
- Coaching
- Communication
- Customer Focus
- Innovation
- Strategic Influence
- Professional Knowledge and Skills
Desired Skills:
- Ab Initio
- Agile methodologies
- Architecture
- ETL (Extract
- Transform and Load)
- Integrations
- SAP
