AWS Cloud Data Engineer

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm providing technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. The company seeks a mid-level Cloud Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data platforms and solutions using AWS and Databricks. The role also involves developing data pipelines, implementing Terraform infrastructure, building CI/CD workflows, and collaborating with stakeholders on secure, scalable cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and support cloud-based data platforms and solutions using AWS and Databricks

Build and maintain data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and integrations

Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform

Develop and optimize SQL and Python applications, scripts, and data processing jobs

Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and define scalable solutions

Support architecture reviews, best practices, governance, and security standards

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub and GitHub Actions

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure and data workloads

Participate in technical design sessions and contribute to long-term cloud strategy

Preferred

Preferred: Teradata, Informatica, AI/ML or Generative AI exposure, data governance and data quality frameworks

Certifications strongly preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and/or AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate is a plus

Teradata

Informatica

AI/ML

Generative AI

Data Governance

Data Quality Frameworks

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

AWS Data Analytics Specialty

Databricks Data Engineer Associate

Benefits

For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

A $1,000 referral check for a candidate referral that leads to a hire

Company

Strategic consulting in technology, business advisory, and life sciences.

North Reading, Massachusetts, USA

http://www.eliassen.com/

Founded in 1989

1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

Proficiency with AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, Glue, and IAM

Hands-on Databricks, SQL, and Python for data engineering

Data pipeline development, ETL/ELT, data modeling, and performance optimization

Terraform for infrastructure automation

GitHub and GitHub Actions for CI/CD

Understanding of cloud-native architectures, scalability, resiliency, security, and cost optimization

Experience designing enterprise cloud solutions

clear communication, stakeholder management, leading requirements sessions, business-to-technical translation, analytical problem solving, and independent work in a collaborative environment

Relevant bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

Clear communication, stakeholder management, leading requirements sessions, business-to-technical translation, analytical problem solving, and independent work in a collaborative environment

Preferred: Teradata, Informatica, AI/ML or Generative AI exposure, data governance and data quality frameworks

Certifications strongly preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and/or AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate is a plus

Required skills

AWS, Databricks, SQL, Python, Data Pipeline Development, ETL/ELT, Data Modeling, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Cloud Architecture, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty, Stakeholder Management

Preferred skills

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate is a plus

Experience

Mid level