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Job#: 3043889
Job Description:
Data Engineer
Location: Columbus, OH (Onsite)
Pay: $40-$55/hr
Role Overview
A motivated AWS Data Ingestion Specialist is being sought to support a growing workflow platform that manages large volumes of unstructured data, including drone imagery, camera photos, LiDAR, and point cloud datasets. This individual will have a key role in designing, supporting, and enhancing data ingestion, storage, metadata management, and API-driven workflows within AWS. This is an opportunity for a professional who is eager to learn, grow, and contribute to technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities

• Support the ingestion, validation, storage, and management of large unstructured datasets including drone imagery, camera photos, LiDAR data, point clouds, and other sensor-generated datasets.
• Develop and maintain data ingestion workflows within AWS environments.
• Manage and optimize AWS S3 storage solutions, including bucket design, organization, lifecycle management, and security considerations.
• Design and support API integrations that move data between systems and facilitate workflow automation.
• Ensure metadata is properly validated, structured, and maintained throughout the data lifecycle.
• Assist with data architecture efforts spanning ingestion, processing, storage, retrieval, and downstream consumption.
• Support workflows that create models and prepare datasets for annotation and review activities.
• Collaborate with product owners, engineers, and business stakeholders to improve data quality and operational efficiency.
• Participate in troubleshooting, process improvement, and platform enhancement initiatives.
• Document workflows, technical processes, and best practices.

Required Qualifications
Experience: 2-4 years of professional experience in data ingestion, cloud engineering, data operations, or a related field.
Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with AWS services, including Amazon S3, IAM fundamentals, and AWS APIs and integrations. Experience developing, configuring, or supporting APIs. Understanding of serverless and cloud-native data processing concepts, data movement, ingestion pipelines, and metadata management processes. Experience working with large datasets and cloud-based storage solutions.
General Skills: Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and work independently in a fast-paced environment. Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with imagery, geospatial, drone, LiDAR, point cloud, or other unstructured datasets.
• Familiarity with data architecture concepts from ingestion through storage and retrieval.
• Exposure to annotation workflows, machine learning data preparation, or human-in-the-loop review processes.
• Experience with Python, scripting, or automation tools.
• Knowledge of data governance and data quality practices.

Compensation & Benefits
A comprehensive benefits package is available to eligible employees.
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