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Next Gen IT, Inc

Data Engineer

Contract · In Office · USA

Posted Aug 27, 2026

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REQUIRED SKILLS

  • VERY strong in AWS: expecting someone who is extremely well versed- doesn’t necessarily have to have built in AWS from greenfield as long as they’re well versed in AWS data services and have extensive hands-on AWS experience
  • Glue, Athena, S3, Lake Formation, SageMaker, Kinesis, DMS, Redshift, or equivalent
  • Python, GoLang, SQL, Java or Scala
  • Primarily a Spark shop- don’t need to know PySpark specifically but equivalent
  • Heavy experience w/ big data
  • Need to be AI proficient (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalent)
  • Someone who can think 4 steps ahead – comfortable with strategy execution

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