Principal Technologist

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As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

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Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

COMPANY: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

TITLE: Principal Technologist

LOCATION: Washington, D.C. & various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S.

DUTIES: Design Informatica Master Data Management (MDM) applications based on identified architecture and support implementation of design by resolving complex technical issues faced by the IT project team during development, deployment, and support. Provide production system operations and maintenance (O&M) support for end-users, applications, infrastructure, or network services. Troubleshoot existing information systems, application, middleware, or networks to identify errors or deficiencies. Make recommendations and influence long-term technology strategy and planning for multiple business units. Assist in the development and analysis of source selection strategies. Serve as a consultant and escalation point for issues. Provide technical analyses to help define, assess, and monitor the technical aspects of the program/project or service. Design innovative solutions using new technologies. Recommend short-term alternatives when appropriate. Work with vendors during the problem-resolution process as needed. Provide technical expertise across business functions. Identify opportunities to improve business processes via new technologies. Provide support for Sr Principal Technologist's representation of Amtrak relevant, industry forums.

REQUIREMENTS: Must have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field. Must have seven (7) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as a Principal Technologist or any occupation related to Computer Systems Analysis. Must also have seven (7) years of experience: (1) Designing, developing, installing, and configuring core Informatica/Siperian MDM Hub components including Informatica MDM Hub Console, Hub Store, Hub Server, Cleanse Match Server, and Cleanse Adapter; (2) Migrating informatica power center (ETL) to Informatica Cloud (IICS) using cloud migration tool; (3) Performing data transformation, standardization, enrichment, masking, and migration through MDM Hub, IDD, & DE configuration; (4) Extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) data from various sources into Data Warehouses and Data marts using Informatica power center (Repository Manager, Designer, Workflow Manager, Workflow monitor, Metadata manager), Power exchange, and Power connect as ETL tools on Oracle, DB2 and SQL server databases; (5) Modelling and profiling data using IDQ & Oracle SQL and Oracle Enterprise Data Quality technologies; (6) Installing, configuring, and supporting applications that are hosted on JBoss or WebSphere servers on multiple platforms, including Linux, Windows, and AIX; (7) Configuring and managing databases, including MySQL, Oracle DB and PostgreSQL, and restoring activities; (8) Creating Shell and Python scripts for release and build automation; and (9) Supporting applications on AWS Services including AWS Glue, AWS Step Functions, AWS Batch, Amazon EMR, AWS Data Pipeline, AWS Lambda or other AWS native orchestration tooling and maintaining AMIs, IAM, RDS, Route 53, VPC, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and SNS services in AWS. All experience may be acquired concurrently. Remote work permitted in accordance with standard company policy. All positions require pre-employment background check verification and a pre-employment drug screen.

SALARY: $147,784 to $163,000 per year

CONTACT:To apply, https://bit.ly/41DnNfu. Please reference Job Code: 7967795.

Requisition ID:163751

Posting Location(s):District of Columbia

Work Arrangement:N/A

Job Family/Function:Information Technology

Relocation Offered:No

Travel Requirements:0 - 5%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR * 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. *1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.