Senior AWS Data Engineer

Overview

On Site
$70 - $80
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Azure Synapse
SQL

Job Details

Job Title: Senior AWS Data Engineer (Contract)

Location: Charlotte ,NC (Onsite)

Duration 12 Months (Contract)

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior AWS Data Engineer for a contract opportunity in North Carolina. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in modern cloud-native data engineering practices and DevOps, with hands-on experience in core AWS services, data processing frameworks, and infrastructure automation.

Must-Have Technical Skills:

DevOps & CI/CD:

  • GitHub and GitHub Actions

Cloud & AWS Stack:

  • IAM, API Gateway, Lambda (multiple uses), Step Functions
  • Lake Formation
  • EKS & Kubernetes
  • AWS Glue (Catalog, ETL, Crawler)
  • Athena, S3 (with strong foundational knowledge: object vs. block storage, encryption/decryption, storage tiers)

Data Engineering:

  • Apache Hudi
  • Apache Flink
  • RDS (Relational Database Services)
  • PostgreSQL and SQL

Programming Languages:

  • Python
  • Java

Infrastructure as Code:

  • Terraform Enterprise
    • Must be able to explain what Terraform is used for
    • Understand and explain basic principles (e.g., modules, providers, functions)
    • Able to write and debug Terraform scripts

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior experience in enterprise-scale data lake architecture
  • Exposure to real-time data streaming platforms
  • Working knowledge of data governance and cataloging in AWS ecosystem

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