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Acumenz Consulting

Senior Data Engineer

Contract · In Office · USA

Posted Jul 22, 2026

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  • Role: Senior Data Engineer
  • Location: Remote
  • Duration: 6 Months
  • Experience: 5–8 Years
  • We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines and analytics solutions on secure cloud platforms.
  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and deploy scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.
  • Work with SQL, Python, PySpark, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, and Airflow.
  • Develop data ingestion, transformation, warehousing, and analytics solutions.
  • Apply modern data architectures including Data Vault, Star Schema, 3NF, and Medallion Architecture.
  • Build and optimize cloud-native data solutions using AWS.
  • Implement CI/CD, data governance, testing, monitoring, and performance optimization.
  • Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solution architectures.
  • Support GenAI/AI-first development, including agents, embeddings, context retrieval, and AI workflows.
  • Integrate enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Graph, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, and SharePoint.
  • Develop secure applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Lead technical discussions and mentor/support data engineering teams.
  • Required Skills:
  • 5–8 years of relevant Data Engineering experience.
  • Expert in SQL, Python, PySpark, and data pipelines.
  • Strong experience with AWS services such as EMR, Glue, Athena, Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation.
  • Experience with Spark, Kafka, Snowflake/Databricks, dbt, Airflow, and data streaming.
  • Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases, ETL, BI, Linux, networking, and CI/CD.
  • Experience with Agile/Jira and remote teams.
  • Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
  • AWS certification is a plus.

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