Lead AWS Data Engineer

Our client is seeking a Lead AWS Data Engineer to join their team. As a Lead AWS Data Engineer, you will be part of the Engineering organization supporting Data Platform delivery.  
 

Job Title: Lead AWS Data Engineer

Location:Hanover, NJ

Pay Range: $55 per hour on W2
 

What's the Job?

• Lead architecture design and implementation of scalable AWS-based, cloud-native data platforms.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering teams, including engineering standards, coding best practices, and CI/CD processes.
• Drive design reviews, code reviews, and architecture governance to ensure high-quality, reliable solutions.
• Design and develop data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines using AWS services (including AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, and AWS Step Functions).
• Architect secure, highly available, scalable, and cost-efficient data lake solutions using Apache Iceberg on Amazon S3, supporting large-scale batch and near real-time processing.

What's Needed?

• Strong hands-on expertise with AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon S3, Amazon Athena, and Amazon Redshift.
• Proven experience building enterprise data lakes with Apache Iceberg, including partitioning strategies, schema evolution, compaction, and time travel concepts.
• Expertise in ETL/ELT frameworks and modern data engineering practices, including data quality governance and security compliance.
• Strong programming skills in Python (PySpark preferred), along with SQL and shell scripting.
• Experience with DevOps automation and CI/CD using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK) and deployment tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline), plus monitoring with CloudWatch.

What's in it for me?

• Opportunity to lead enterprise-scale AWS data platform architecture and delivery.
• Work on modern, cloud-native data lake solutions using Apache Iceberg and serverless orchestration.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technology.
• Contribute to engineering governance through design reviews, code reviews, and best-practice standards.
• Build and improve operational excellence through monitoring, automation, and reliable deployment pipelines.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!