Data Engineer

Motion Recruitment; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on Ab Initio experience to support large-scale data platforms and modernization initiatives.

You will build enterprise ETL pipelines, develop Ab Initio graphs, and work with Oracle/SQL, data warehousing and data modeling within a hybrid environment (3 days onsite per week). Collaboration with architects and business stakeholders is essential as you contribute to cloud modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Data Engineering experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on Ab Initio development.
• Experience building Ab Initio Graphs and performance tuning.
• Strong Oracle, PL/SQL and SQL skills.
• ETL, data warehousing and data modeling expertise.
• Unix/Shell scripting experience.
• CI/CD and SDLC familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance enterprise ETL/data pipelines using Ab Initio, Python, SQL and PL/SQL.
• Develop complex Ab Initio graphs and Psets and perform performance tuning.
• Work with Oracle, Teradata, data warehousing and data modeling.
• Support large-scale System-of-Record (SOR) integrations and complex data workflows.
• Contribute to data migration and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with upstream/downstream teams, architects and stakeholders.
• Leverage GitHub, Jenkins, Harness and uDeploy within CI/CD processes.

Skills

Data engineering

Ab Initio development

Ab Initio graphs

Oracle / PL/SQL / SQL

ETL / Data warehousing

Unix / Shell scripting

CI/CD / SDLC

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Harness

uDeploy

Job description

Job Location:

Charlotte, NC (Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week)

Job Summary:

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on Ab Initio experience to join an enterprise data engineering team supporting large-scale data platforms and modernization initiatives.

Daily Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance enterprise-scale ETL/data pipelines using Ab Initio, Python, SQL, and PL/SQL.
• Develop complex Ab Initio graphs and Psets and perform performance tuning.
• Work with Oracle, Teradata, data warehousing, and data modeling.
• Support large-scale enterprise System-of-Record (SOR) integrations and complex data workflows.
• Contribute to data migration and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with upstream/downstream teams, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Leverage GitHub, Jenkins, Harness, and uDeploy within enterprise CI/CD processes.

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of Data Engineering experience
• 4+ years of hands-on Ab Initio development
• Complex Ab Initio Graphs, Psets & Performance Tuning
• Strong Oracle / PL/SQL / SQL
• ETL, Data Warehousing & Data Modeling
• Unix/Shell scripting
• CI/CD & SDLC experience

Desired Skills:

• GCP / BigQuery / Dataplex / Cloud Composer (Airflow)
• Near-real-time/event-driven architectures
• Data governance & metadata management
• GitHub Copilot / Claude or other AI-assisted development tools