AWS Data Engineer

Just your Friendly Neighborhood US IT Recruiter at KPG99 INC

Location: 100% Remote (Near Shore)
Duration: 6+ Months (Will be a Long Term Contract)

Must Have Skills:

• Proficiency with databases (e.g., Snowflake, DB2, Redshift) and dimensional modeling.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS architecture and services (Lambda, Glue, Kinesis, Firehose, Athena, S3, Cloudwatch, DynamoDB, API Gateway).
• Proficient in Python, SQL, and scripting (e.g., Unix shell scripts).
• Experience building feature engineering pipelines.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, and CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization across systems, servers, and environments.
• Experience with Tecton or Sagemaker or similar feature stores.
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Ability to take ownership and proactively ensure delivery timelines are met.

Good to Have Skills:

• Experience in data pipeline development using modern ETL tools, specifically Informatica PowerCenter and/or Informatica IICS.
• Experience with Airflow.

Technical Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience within the field of application/platform engineering or related technical work including business intelligence, analytics.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS Senior Cloud Data Engineering, management, maintenance, or architecting, implementing best practices and industry standards.
• Experience with data warehousing platforms such as Snowflake, Redshift or similar.
• Strong knowledge and established experience with AWS services including but not limited to: S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, Kinesis, Data Pipelines, EMR, Step Functions, VPC, IAM, and Security Groups.
• Experience with DB technologies (e.g., SQL, Python).
• Experience with CI/CD tools, pipelines, and scripting for automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, CloudFormation, Terraform).
• High degree of knowledge in IAM Roles and Policies.
• Strong knowledge configuring AWS cloud monitoring and alerts for cloud resource availability.
• Strong scripting experience using PowerShell and/or Python.
• High degree of knowledge in PaaS and SaaS application performance.
• Understand enterprise level application architecture diagrams and IT security requirements.

Thanks and Regards
Karan Rajput | US IT Recruiter

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting