Prior experience working with an airline is preferred. Candidates must be local to Houston, TX, and willing to attend a face-to-face interview.
Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)
Duration: Contract
Interview: Face-to-Face (F2F)
Local Candidates: Houston, TX candidates only
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Databricks, Redshift, Spark/PySpark, Python, and SQL. The ideal candidate will have proven technical leadership experience and a strong background in modern data engineering, data lake/lakehouse architecture, and cloud data platform modernization.
Prior experience working with an Airline/Aviation client is strongly preferred. Candidates must be local to Houston, TX and willing to attend a face-to-face interview.
Required Qualifications
12–15 years of strong Data Engineering experience with proven technical leadership.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, Spark/PySpark, Python, and SQL.
Proven experience leading Redshift-to-Databricks migration and modernization initiatives.
Strong understanding of Data Lake/Lakehouse architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data modeling.
Hands-on experience with AWS services such as:
Amazon S3
AWS Glue
Amazon EMR
AWS Lambda
Strong experience with Databricks Delta Lake, Medallion Architecture, and data platform performance optimization.
Proven ability to lead engineering teams, mentor developers, and drive technical architecture and design decisions.
Strong stakeholder communication skills, with experience collaborating with business teams, architects, technical leadership, and other stakeholders.
Strong experience with data pipeline development, optimization, scalability, and cloud-based data platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
Aviation / Airline / Aerospace domain experience is strongly preferred.
Prior experience working with a major Airline client is highly desirable.
Experience with large-scale data platform modernization and migration programs.
Experience working in a hybrid environment with onsite collaboration.
Candidate Requirements
Must be local to Houston, TX.
Must be willing to work in a hybrid environment.
Must be available for a Face-to-Face interview in Houston, TX.
Prior Airline/Aviation/Aerospace experience is strongly preferred.
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