Sr. Data Engineer # 26-27370

US Tech Solutions, Inc.
United States
7 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Data Analysis Big Data Information Engineering Data Governance Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Security Data Warehousing Database Queries
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Distributed Systems Amazon DynamoDB Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) NoSQL Performance Tuning Query Optimization Aws Command Line Interface (CLI) SQL Databases Workflow Management Systems Data Logging Data Processing Scripting Data Storage Technologies Apache Spark Boto3 AWS Lambda Jupyter Git Data Lakes Pyspark Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology AWS Glue Apache Kafka Data Management Cloudwatch Api Gateway Terraform Stream Processing Data Pipelines Serverless Computing Amazon Elastic Mapreduce (EMR) Database Tools and Utilities Confluent Amazon Redshift

Job description

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines using AWS Glue, EMR (PySpark), and Lambda functions
  • Implement real-time data streaming solutions using Confluent Kafka with source and sink connectors
  • Develop and optimize PySpark jobs on EMR clusters for large-scale data transformations
  • Build serverless data processing workflows using AWS Lambda
  • Design and optimize queries in AWS Athena for analytical workloads
  • Manage data warehouse solutions in AWS Redshift including data modeling and performance tuning
  • Implement monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch for data pipeline health and performance
  • Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform
  • Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements
  • Implement data governance and security best practices using Lake Formation, IAM, and KMS

Requirements

  • Python: Advanced proficiency in Python 3.8+ for data processing, scripting, and automation
  • PySpark: Extensive experience with PySpark for large-scale data processing and transformations on EMR clusters
  • AWS Lambda: Hands-on experience building serverless functions for data processing and orchestration
  • AWS Glue: Expertise in AWS Glue for ETL jobs, Data Catalog management.
  • AWS Athena: Experience with Athena for SQL-based data analysis and querying data lakes
  • AWS EMR: Strong experience with EMR for running Spark jobs, EMR Notebooks, and cluster management
  • AWSRedshift: Knowledge of Redshift for data warehousing, query optimization, and integration with data lakes
  • Kafka: Experience with Confluent Kafka for real-time data streaming, including Schema Registry, source/sink connectors, and producers/consumers
  • AWS S3: Deep understanding of S3 for data lake architecture, bucket policies, and data organization (raw, curated layers)
  • CloudWatch: Proficiency in CloudWatch for logging, monitoring, and alerting on data pipelines
  • Terraform: Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for provisioning AWS resources

Additional Technical Experience

  • Knowledge of AWS EventBridge and Step Functions for workflow orchestration
  • Familiarity with EMR runtime roles and execution roles for secure data access
  • Experience with DynamoDB for NoSQL data storage
  • Knowledge of API Gateway for building data APIs, * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
  • Strong understanding of distributed computing and big data processing frameworks
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Strong communication and collaboration abilities

Development and Data Tools

  • EMR Notebooks or Jupyter for interactive development
  • VS Code or similar IDE for Python development
  • Git for version control
  • AWS CLI and boto3 for AWS service interaction
  • Terraform for infrastructure provisioning
  • DBeaver, Data Studio for database management

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