Our Client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with extensive experience in building real-time data pipelines and distributed systems with strong expertise in Apache Flink, Amazon Kinesis, and DevOps practices, along with a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable data solutions for analytics and reporting.
Key Responsibilities Will Include:
Design, implement, and optimize real-time data streaming pipelines using Apache Flink and Amazon Kinesis.
Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines for both batch and streaming data sources.
Implement data transformation services using AWS Glue, Lambda, and related technologies.
Collaborate with internal teams and clients to understand business requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions.
Translate Business requirements into high-quality technical documents including, data mapping, data processes, and operational support guides
Work closely with architects, product managers and reporting team to collect functional and system requirements.
Work in fast-paced environment and perform effectively in an agile development environment.
Strong problem-solving skills, with ability to perform multi-tasking.
Ensure high availability, low latency, and fault tolerance in production-grade streaming pipelines.
Work on data modeling and architecture to support reporting and analytics requirements.
Utilize monitoring, alerting, and logging tools to maintain system health and performance.
Required Skills & Experience
8+ years of experience in designing and implementing data solutions in data engineering.
Proven experience building data pipelines and working with distributed systems using Python, Flink, Kinesis and Kafka.
Strong hands-on expertise with Apache Flink (DataStream API, Table API, SQL API).
Solid understanding of DevOps practices and version control.
Proficiency in SQL and relational databases.
Experience with Terraform and IaC best practices.
Strong programming skills in Python.
Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and logging tools for distributed systems.
Hands-on experience with AWS services: Lake Formation, Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Athena, Firehose, Amazon Redshift and AWS Lambda.
Ability to set up schedulers using Amazon EventBridge or time-based schedules for jobs and crawlers.
Experience with Power BI and AWS Data Lake integrations or similar BI tools.
To be considered, email resumes in the MS Word format with all-inclusive W2 hourly contract rate. Selected candidate must be willing to submit to a
pre-employment, post-offer background check and drug test.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Winston-Salem, NC.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $61.27 - $76.47/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Feb 4, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services
We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
- Dice Id: 101054TS
- Position Id: JP-005797533
- Posted 3 hours ago
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