Job#: 3035801 Job Description: DevOps Engineer
Location: Tucson, Arizona (Remote)
Employment Type: Contract
Role Overview
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with a primary focus on data engineering and BI development within an AWS environment. This role is pivotal in guiding the development of a data engineering workflow in a maturing environment. The ideal candidate will provide expertise on best practices using AWS native tooling, help solve complex problems, and ensure the stability and efficiency of data pipelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain data engineering and BI solutions within an AWS environment, utilizing services like AWS Glue, Lambda, Kafka, and S3.
- Design, build, and manage batch and near real-time data pipelines.
- Process data from AWS IoT Core, moving it through S3 buckets for reporting and analysis.
- Create and manage dashboards and visualizations using Grafana and AWS QuickSight.
- Work with various data types, performing aggregation and cleaning, and recommend optimal approaches for data engineering workflows.
- Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC), primarily CloudFormation, to manage and deploy infrastructure.
- Deploy code through CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
- Collaborate with the team to define solutions and provide guidance on technical challenges.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in Data Engineering in AWS environments (S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda).
- Hands-on experience building batch and near real-time/streaming data pipelines.
- Experience with streaming frameworks or concepts (e.g., Kafka, Flink, or similar).
- Experience building BI dashboards in QuickSight or a similar tool.
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with CloudFormation.
- Experience working within CI/CD pipelines for code deployment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Terraform.
- Experience with Grafana for visualization.
Compensation & Benefits
Pay Rate Range: $50.00/hr - $65.00/hr
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