AWS Lead Data Engineer
Location
United States, United States
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 20, 2026
Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a AWS Lead Data Engineer for their Newark, NJ/ Hybrid location. Responsibilities:
+ Lead the design, development, and optimization of large-scale, reliable, and secure data pipelines and data lake architecture on AWS.
+ Architect and implement end-to-end data solutions, including data ingestion, storage, transformation, and analytics using AWS services - Glue, Redshift, S3, Lambda, EMR, Kinesis, Athena, RDS, etc.
+ Mentor and guide a team of data engineers, conducting code reviews and fostering best practices in data engineering and cloud architecture.
+ Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable and maintainable solutions.
+ Oversee migration of data from legacy systems to AWS-based data lakes and data warehouses.
+ Develop and enforce standards for data quality, security, and governance.
+ Lead the design, development, and optimization of large-scale, reliable, and secure data pipelines and data lake architecture on AWS.
+ Architect and implement end-to-end data solutions, including data ingestion, storage, transformation, and analytics using AWS services - Glue, Redshift, S3, Lambda, EMR, Kinesis, Athena, RDS, etc.
+ Mentor and guide a team of data engineers, conducting code reviews and fostering best practices in data engineering and cloud architecture.
+ Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable and maintainable solutions.
+ Oversee migration of data from legacy systems to AWS-based data lakes and data warehouses.
+ Develop and enforce standards for data quality, security, and governance.