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Lead AWS Data Engineer

Saicon
Livingston, NJ Contractor
POSTED ON 11/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/24/2025

We’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to drive the design and delivery of a modern data hub and marketplace that powers analytics across the organization. In this role, you’ll build scalable data integration solutions, partner closely with source system owners, and provide curated, high-quality data to analysts, data scientists, and downstream applications. You’ll help define data models, improve data quality, and shape the strategy for a large contact-center data ecosystem. This role is ideal for someone who excels at complex data engineering, enjoys cross-team collaboration, and brings deep expertise in AWS and Databricks

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What You’ll Do

  • Lead the engineering of a service data hub that supports data ingestion, transformation, and curated delivery to internal data consumers.
  • Build and maintain enterprise data models across data lakes, warehouses, and analytic layers.
  • Define integration rules and data acquisition strategies for streaming, replication, and batch pipelines.
  • Conduct deep data analysis to validate sources, understand lineage, and assess usability for key business use cases.
  • Establish and maintain enterprise data taxonomy and support data catalog initiatives.
  • Collaborate with data engineers to define workflows, data quality checks, and scalable pipelines.
  • Communicate clearly with technical and business stakeholders, providing mentorship and architectural guidance.


What You Bring

  • Advanced hands-on experience with cloud-based data engineering, especially AWS and Databricks (Snowflake is also a plus)
  • Background with RDBMS platforms (Oracle, SQL Server) and familiarity with NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB).
  • Experience building ingestion pipelines for both structured and unstructured data.
  • Solid understanding of data modeling, governance, quality, compliance, and security.
  • Experience working with GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Terraform, etc.).
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and communicate effectively with both business and technical teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.

Salary : $85 - $95

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