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Incedo Inc.

Data Engineer – AWS OpenSearch

Full Time · In Office · Fort Mill, South Carolina (USA)

Posted Aug 12, 2026

  • Incedo Inc. is a high-growth Digital, Data and AI Transformation Specialist firm headquartered in New Jersey. We
  • are a long-term strategy execution partner for Fortune 500 enterprises, operating at the intersection of business
  • and technology across Banking & Payments, Wealth Management, Telecom, Hi-Tech, and Life Sciences.
  • We are building Incedo 4.0 - an AI-native, execution-focused, founder-led organization designed for scale, speed,
  • and long-term impact.
  • Incedo delivers ROI from AI @ Scale through the “Power of 3”:
  • • Deep domain expertise
  • • AI & Data capabilities
  • • Engineering & Operations excellence.

Job Description::

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with strong expertise in AWS OpenSearch to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and search solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS data services, OpenSearch, Python, SQL, and cloud-native architectures to support analytics and real-time search capabilities.

  • Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using AWS services.
  • Build and optimize AWS OpenSearch clusters for indexing, search, and analytics.
  • Develop ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, and AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, and EMR.
  • Design and maintain OpenSearch indexes, mappings, analyzers, and query performance.
  • Integrate OpenSearch with upstream and downstream applications for real-time search and analytics.
  • Work with structured and semi-structured data from multiple data sources.
  • Optimize OpenSearch cluster performance, shard allocation, indexing, and query execution.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) for AWS resources.
  • Build monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch, Grafana, or Prometheus.
  • Collaborate with Data Scientists, Data Analysts, and application teams to support data and search requirements.
  • Implement security best practices, IAM policies, encryption, and access controls.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and optimize system performance.
  • Required Skills
  • 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer.
  • Strong experience with AWS OpenSearch (formerly Amazon Elasticsearch Service).
  • Strong SQL and Python programming skills.
  • Experience with AWS services:
  • OpenSearch
  • S3
  • Glue
  • Lambda
  • IAM
  • CloudWatch
  • EC2
  • EMR
  • Step Functions
  • Kinesis (preferred)
  • Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (preferred).
  • Knowledge of distributed search architecture, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with Apache Spark or PySpark.
  • Experience with Kafka or Amazon MSK.
  • Experience with Snowflake, Redshift, or Databricks.
  • Experience working with large-scale distributed systems.
  • AWS Certification (Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, or Developer) is a plus.
  • Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Splunk.
  • Nice to Have
  • Vector search and semantic search using OpenSearch.
  • OpenSearch Dashboards/Kibana.
  • Machine Learning integrations with OpenSearch.
  • Experience with GenAI/RAG search architectures.
  • Healthcare, Financial Services, or Retail domain experience.

Primary Technologies: AWS OpenSearch, Python, SQL, AWS Glue, Lambda, S3, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, CloudWatch, Git, CI/CD, Spark/PySpark.

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