AWS Senior Platform Engineer

Adastra Corporation; Toronto; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking an AWS Senior Platform Engineer to join their team in Canada. Responsibilities include designing data pipelines and implementing AWS Lake Formation. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in data engineering and strong hands-on experience with AWS technologies. This is an exciting opportunity within a fast-paced environment that promotes data-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in data engineering or platform engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS EMR Spark (PySpark) and Lake Formation.
• Familiarity with data mesh architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design develop and optimize data pipelines using EMR and Spark.
• Implement and manage AWS Lake Formation for data access.
• Support light DevOps tasks using Terraform.

Skills

AWS EMR

Spark (PySpark)

Terraform

Data Engineering

Data Quality Checks

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated AWS Senior Platform Engineer to join our growing data engineering team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about building scalable secure and high-performance data platforms.

Location : Across Canada

Status : Contract

Responsibilities :

• Design develop and optimize data pipelines using EMR and Spark (PySpark)
• Implement and manage AWS Lake Formation for secure and governed data access
• Contribute to the development and adoption of data mesh solutions enabling decentralized data ownership and interoperability
• Write and maintain data quality checks to ensure accuracy completeness and reliability of data assets
• Build out data catalog solutions on AWS
• Support light DevOps tasks with a strong preference for experience in Terraform for infrastructure as code

Qualifications Skills & Experience :

5 years of experience in data engineering or platform engineering roles

Strong hands-on experience with AWS EMR Spark (PySpark) and Lake Formation

Familiarity with data mesh architecture and its implementation in enterprise environments

Proficiency in writing robust data validation and quality checks

Experience working within structured frameworks and agile environments

Exposure to DevOps practices especially using Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure

About Adastra

For more than 25 years Adastra Corporation has been hyper-focused on data and the infrastructures to support it. We are an international consulting company working with businesses and IT Leaders to extract value through data and analytic solutions in the domains of Cloud Data Management Analytics AI and ML Governance Hyper Automation and Enterprise Application Development. Our team of experts combined with our worldclass data management platform helps provide trusted insights establish frameworks enforce best practices and streamline processes for around-the-clock global coverage. Adastra has a proven track record of helping organizations of all sizes from SMEs to Fortune 1000s achieve their data transformation goals whether that be accelerating innovation improving operational excellence or creating unforgettable customer experiences.

Equal Opportunity Employer

In our commitment to promote fair and equitable treatment of all employees and applicants Adastra Corporation provides equal employment opportunities for all individuals regardless of age sex disability race ethnic origin citizenship creed sexual orientation marital status or any other ground as described in the Ontario Human Rights Code. In addition accommodation will be provided during the hiring process. Adastra Corporations implementation and support of employment initiatives encourage diversified labour force participation and equal access to opportunities based on merit and performance

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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

APIs,C / C++,Computer Graphics,Go,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Library Services,Assembly,GraphQL,High Voltage

Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1