Note
- Only candidates willing to work on a Full-Time (FTE) basis will be considered.
- Minimum 8+ years of relevant IT experience is required.
- 3โ4 years of Insurance domain experience is highly preferred.
Senior AWS Data Engineer / Senior Cloud Engineer
๐ Location: Newark, NJ (Hybrid โ 3 Days Onsite)
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Duration: Long-Term(FTE)
๐ข Client: Global Insurance Company (Life Insurance Preferred)
Job Overview
We are looking for a Senior AWS Data Engineer / Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Global Technology team supporting a major Insurance client. You will work within the CDO Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) team to design, build, and optimize scalable AWS-based data platforms and ETL solutions supporting mission-critical applications.
The ideal candidate has 8+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years of hands-on AWS Data Engineering experience, with strong expertise in cloud-native data services, ETL development, infrastructure automation, and Python.
Required SkillsAWS & Cloud
- AWS (S3, EC2, Glue, EMR, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB)
- IAM, KMS, VPC, CloudWatch
- AWS Data Engineering
Data Engineering
- ETL Pipeline Development
- Apache Spark
- AWS Glue
- EMR / Hadoop
- SQL Optimization
- Data Warehousing
- Distributed Computing
Programming
- Python (Required)
- Node.js
- Bash
- PowerShell
DevOps & Infrastructure
- Terraform or CloudFormation
- Docker
- ECS/EKS
- Jenkins / AWS CodePipeline
- Git
- Linux
Monitoring
- Splunk
- ELK Stack
- Prometheus
- Grafana
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable AWS data platforms and ETL pipelines.
- Build cloud-native data processing applications using AWS services.
- Optimize data workflows and troubleshoot production issues.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Build CI/CD pipelines for data applications.
- Develop production-grade Python applications.
- Implement secure AWS architectures using IAM, KMS, and VPC.
- Monitor and optimize application and data pipeline performance.
- Collaborate with global development teams in an Agile environment.
- Participate in architecture discussions and continuous improvements.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of overall IT experience.
- 5+ years of AWS Data Engineering experience.
- Strong Python development experience.
- Expertise with Spark, Glue, EMR, ETL, and SQL.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience with Docker and containerized workloads (ECS/EKS).
- Strong understanding of AWS networking and security.
- Experience with Git, Jenkins, and Linux.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Life Insurance domain experience (preferred but not mandatory).
- Application development experience.
- Team leadership or mentoring experience.
- Experience working in global Agile teams.
Work Model
- Location: Newark, NJ
- Hybrid: 3 days onsite per week
- Duration: Long-Term
Must-Have Skills
- AWS
- Python
- ETL
- Spark
- AWS Glue
- EMR
- SQL
- Terraform/CloudFormation
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Git
- Linux
- IAM
- S3
- Lambda
- RDS
- DynamoDB
- CloudWatch