Senior Ab Initio Platform Architect – AWS Modernization

We are seeking an experienced Ab Initio Platform Architect / Engineer to lead the migration of a large-scale enterprise Ab Initio environment to AWS, while preparing the platform for future modernization to Databricks.

This is a hands-on technical role requiring expertise in Ab Initio platform administration, AWS infrastructure, Linux/Unix, and enterprise cloud migrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the lift-and-shift migration of an enterprise Ab Initio platform to AWS.
• Assess infrastructure dependencies, migration risks, and technical requirements.
• Work with infrastructure teams on AWS compute, storage, networking, security, and access management.
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot Ab Initio platforms and sandbox environments.
• Provide architectural guidance and recommend solutions that support future Databricks modernization.
• Ensure platform stability and minimize business disruption throughout migration.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Ab Initio platform administration, migrations, and modernization.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience, including EC2, storage, networking, and security.
• Proven experience migrating legacy enterprise applications or data platforms to AWS.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration skills; Red Hat preferred.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise ETL environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Databricks or Amazon Redshift experience.
• Experience modernizing legacy ETL platforms and enterprise data warehouses.

Project Overview

The environment includes 1,700+ Ab Initio graphs across 100+ sandbox environments. The immediate focus is migrating the existing platform to AWS while maintaining operational stability. Longer-term plans include modernization to Databricks.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with both Ab Initio infrastructure and AWS migrations—not just Ab Initio ETL development.