Senior Ab Initio Production Support Data Engineer and Analyst

Senior Ab Initio Production Support Data Engineer and Analyst - Data and Analytics, Dublin.

Location/Office Policy: Central Park Dublin 18, Hybrid 2 days a week (Changing to 3 days a week come January 2026)

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• Our Production Support Data Engineering Team plays a key role in enabling timely access to accurate data, by monitoring the performance and failures in the overnight batch and intervening when necessary to ensure its completion. A Senior Ab Initio Production Support Data Engineer is responsible for the successful completion of the overnight batches Ab Initio, within the agreed SLA's. This provides the business timely access to accurate data flows for their reporting commitments.
• This role involves working closely with Operational teams within the CTO such as Problem and incident management, IT Operations and Batch Management to ensure a collaborative approach to managing the extensive Data Engineering batch.
• The Ab Initio Production Support team forms part of the Data Engineering and Architecture area within the Centre of Excellence for Data and Analytics at AIB.

• Ab Initio developer experience
• Experience optimising code to create efficiencies in existing batch processes
• Awareness of relevant financial services regulations such as BCBS, FATCA etc.
• Minimum of bachelor degree in a discipline incorporating information management related disciplines or quantitative analytical techniques, e.g., Software Engineering, Data and Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics
• Experience in managing complex scheduled batch processes within an Enterprise Scheduler such as TWS (Tivoli)
• Knowledge of data quality challenges and impacts financial services organisations face and of solutions to sustainably address these

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work. Our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to role, customer and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include:

• Market leading Pension Scheme
• Healthcare Scheme
• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options
• Two volunteer days per year

Click here for further information about AIB's PACT – Our Commitment to You.

• Communication skills to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders and facilitate multidisciplinary discussions
• Data analysis and synthesis to profile data and present clear insights
• Data development process to design, build and test data products
• Data innovation to understand emerging trends in data tools and usage
• Data integration design to deliver resilient, scalable solutions
• Data modelling and metadata management across multiple subject areas
• Problem resolution for databases, data processes, data products and services
• Programming and build to design, code, test and document complex programs
• Technical understanding of core concepts with the ability to apply them with guidance
• Testing to define test conditions and assess risks
• Compliance with Fitness & Probity Regime and Individual Accountability Framework

If you are unsure about your suitability, please contact the Recruiter for this role at

AIB is an equal opportunities employer and supports reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. For accommodation requests please email the Talent Acquisition team at

Unsolicited CVs sent to AIB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AIB operates a direct sourcing model; where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with recruitment partners.

Application deadline: Friday 12th of September 2025

Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland