Senior Programmer Analyst

Ampcus Incorporated

Richmond, VA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Access Control, Analysis Skills, Automation, Best Practices, Business Services, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Programming, Consulting, Cost Control, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Mart, Data Modeling, Data Science, Data Warehousing, Dimensional Modeling, Documentation Standards, Establish Priorities, Hardware Virtualization, Identify Issues, Informatica, Machine Tool, Onboarding, Operational Audit, Operations Processes, Oracle, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Quality Management, Query Analysis, Query Optimization, Reporting Dashboards, SQL (Structured Query Language), Security Infrastructure, Snowflake Schema, Star Schema, Systems Administration/Management, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technology Analysis, Time Management, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)
LOCATION
Richmond, VA
POSTED
3 days ago

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Senior Programmer Analyst - DataOps Engineer
Job Location: Richmond, VA

Experience

  • Experience: Minimum of 7 years in data platform engineering, data infrastructure, and/or analytics platform operations.
  • Data Platforms: Proven experience setting up, supporting and operating enterprise data platforms such as:
    • Data Engineering (e.g., Talend)
    • Realtime streaming platforms
    • Cloud and on-prem data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Oracle Exadata)
    • Data virtualization platforms (e.g., Denodo)
    • Data catalog platforms (e.g., Informatica IDMC)
    • Data Observability Platforms
    • ABAC Security Platform

Preferred Candidate Location: Candidate Must be Local and able to drive in

Schedule: 5 8’s, hybrid schedule
 

High Level Project Overview:

We are investing in modern, scalable data platforms including Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, Talend, Denodo, and Informatica IDMC to deliver reliable, performant, and trusted analytics at enterprise scale. This role exists to own the operational health, performance, and evolution of the data platform, enabling DataOps best practices, accelerating analytics delivery, and ensuring data platforms are production ready, observable, and optimized for both cost and reliability.

High-Level Responsibilities:

  • Own the day-to-day operation, reliability, and performance of enterprise data platforms.
  • Partner with architecture and delivery teams to evaluate, implement, and optimize new data platform and capabilities.
  • Implement and evolve DataOps standards, tooling, and operational processes.
  • Ensure data platforms are secure, scalable, observable, and production-ready.
  • Drive platform optimization across performance, cost, resiliency, and user experience.
  • Support analytics, data science, and reporting teams by enabling smooth data onboarding and issue resolution.
  • Mentor junior engineers and promote platform engineering best practices.

Job Duties:

  • Monitor and maintain Talend, Snowflake, Exadata, Denodo, and Informatica IDMC platform health.
  • Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards.
  • Troubleshoot complex data pipeline and platform issues.
  • Optimize queries, workloads, and platform configurations.
  • Document platform standards, runbooks, and operational procedures.
  • Support releases, upgrades, and platform enhancements.
  • Collaborate with security and governance teams on access controls and compliance.
  • Provide technical guidance across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Soft Skills / Team Fit:

  • Ability to partner closely with business technology analysts, data architects, data engineers, data governance analysts, and analytics users.
  • Strong communication skills to explain platform capabilities, limitations, and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Comfortable acting as a platform owner and senior technical advisor.
  • Delivering at Pace: Acts with urgency to meet deadlines while maintaining quality, prioritizing workload effectively under pressure.
  • Collaborative Teamwork: Actively supports colleagues, shares knowledge freely, and treats others with dignity and respect.
  • Ownership and Adaptability: Takes responsibility for outcomes and welcomes feedback for improvement.

Nice to Have Skills:

  • Experience with Infrastructure as code or automation frameworks
  • Cloud data platform optimization and cost management
  • Security, access controls, and governance models in data platforms
  • Familiarity with Power Apps or low code analytics enablement.

Preferred Years of Experience:

  • Experience: Minimum of 7 years in data platform engineering, data infrastructure, and/or analytics platform operations.
  • SQL Expertise: Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience writing complex SQL queries for analytical and reporting workloads.
  • DataMart Design: Minimum of 3 years designing Data Marts with strong expertise in Dimensional Modeling (facts, dimensions, star/snowflake schemas).

Education:

  • Minimum of High School Diploma or Equivalency

 

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans, or individuals with disabilities.

About the Company

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Ampcus Incorporated

Ampcus Inc is a global technology and business consulting firm specializing in Digital Transforrmation, Big Data, Analytics, Cyber Security, Testing, IV&V, Infrastructure Management and Enterprise Solutions. Ampcus Inc is an SBA 8(a) certified Women and Minority Owned global Provider of broad range of consulting Services. From strategy to execution, our disciplined yet flexible approach starts and ends with our clients. By listening hard and working harder, their goals become our goals. We are an ISO 9000, ISO 20000, ISO 27000 and CMMi Level certified company.

Ampcus consultants have significant business, engineering and technology experience. Our consultants have over 20 years of business experience and an average of over 10 years of engineering and technology experience. This means that the project teams understand how systems work and how the technology impacts the business processes of organizations.

We believe that success of an engagement is determined by strong project management, clear communication and mutual commitment working collaboratively. Our methodology begins by listening to the customer needs, then working with their teams to gain a clear understanding of the requirements, while providing a knowledge transfer of best practices for the organization. As a recognized leader providing customized software services, management and engineering solutions to companies around the world, our ability to deliver is a "granted"​ that makes companies put their trust in us to answer their day-to-day business challenges and put them on a path for greater success. We are the choice for our clients because we look at our clients business from a growth perspective.

Industry: Information Technology and Services

Specialties: Digital Transformation, Big Data and Analytics, Infrastructure Management Services, Testing and IV&V, Cyber Security, Active Directory and E-mail Infrastructure, Project Management, Training, and ERP, CRM. EAI, BI

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
WEBSITE
http://www.ampcus.com