Lead Data Platform Engineer

EPAM Systems; Colombia; Presencial; COP 180.000.000 - 280.000.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Learning culture

Health coverage

Stock option plan

Professional growth opportunities

Global employee community

Descripción de la vacante

EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer to define, build, and operate a governed, scalable enterprise data platform that accelerates analytics and insight delivery. You will lead strategy, architecture, delivery, and governance for an AWS-native lakehouse with secure self-service data access.

You will drive migration from legacy data platforms, own ingestion pipelines and governance, and mentor a growing team while aligning data products with business domains.

Formación

• 5+ years in data engineering or data platform roles.
• 1+ year of people leadership in data teams.
• Strong platform strategy to define roadmaps and standards.
• Proven ownership of end-to-end platform delivery.
• Advanced AWS data ecosystem experience (DMS, Glue, DataZone).
• Expert data governance, access controls and policy enforcement.
• Strong lakehouse architecture for scalable, governed data platforms.
• Strong SQL skills for analytics across ingestion and transformation.
• Excellent stakeholder management to align cross-functional partners.
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2).

Responsabilidades

• Define enterprise data platform vision and multi-quarter roadmap.
• Design AWS-native lakehouse architecture for secure, high-performance data access.
• Establish reusable platform standards and quality frameworks.
• Migrate legacy platforms to the lakehouse and governance model.
• Own ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines and patterns.
• Implement governance controls and self-service data discovery (DataZone).
• Ensure reliability, observability, performance, and cost efficiency across workloads.
• Enable fine-grained access control for secure consumption.
• Lead tooling choices for analytics and BI access, including SQL-based access.
• Mentor and grow the team and align data products with business domains.
• Escalate platform decisions and manage risks/trade-offs across stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Communication

English (B2)

Herramientas

AWS

Amazon DataZone

AWS Glue

AWS DMS

Data governance tooling

Data lakehouse

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer to define, build, and operate a governed, scalable enterprise data platform that accelerates analytics and insight delivery. You will lead strategy, architecture, delivery, and governance for an AWS-native lakehouse while enabling secure self-service access to trusted data.

Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise data platform vision, strategy, and multi-quarter roadmap
• Design and evolve an AWS-native lakehouse architecture for secure, high-performance access to trusted data
• Establish reusable platform standards, reference architectures, and engineering quality frameworks
• Drive migration from legacy Microsoft-based data platforms to the target lakehouse and governance model
• Own delivery and ongoing operations of ingestion pipelines, transformation frameworks, and orchestration patterns
• Implement governance controls, data catalog integration, and self-service discovery using Amazon DataZone
• Ensure reliability, observability, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency across platform workloads
• Enable fine-grained access control and secure consumption patterns across domains
• Lead tooling decisions and integration patterns for analytics and BI consumption, including SQL-based access
• Mentor and grow a team, setting clear expectations and fostering continuous improvement
• Align with business domains to onboard data products and scale adoption of self-service data access
• Act as the escalation point for platform decisions, risks, and trade-offs across stakeholders

Requirements

• 5+ years of data engineering or data platform experience
• 1+ years of people leadership experience in data engineering or platform teams
• Strong platform strategy skills to define roadmaps, standards, and investment direction
• Proven project delivery ownership for end-to-end platform build and operations
• Advanced AWS data ecosystem experience with AWS Database Migration Service, AWS Glue, and Amazon DataZone
• Expert data governance and security knowledge including data catalog integration, access controls, and policy enforcement
• Strong lakehouse architecture experience designing scalable, governed data lakehouse foundations
• Strong SQL for Data Analytics skills across ingestion, transformation, and consumption use cases
• Excellent stakeholder management skills to align cross-functional domain, security, and analytics partners
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)

Nice to have

• Agentic Delivery Methodology experience for scalable platform execution
• Analytics & Data Assessment experience to baseline data maturity and prioritize improvements
• Apache Spark experience for large-scale batch and streaming workloads
• Microsoft Power BI integration experience for governed self-service analytics
• Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services experience supporting legacy pipeline migration

We offer

• Learning Culture - We want you to be the best version of yourself, that is why we offer unlimited access to learning platforms, a wide range of internal courses, and all the knowledge you need to grow professionally
• Health Coverage - Health and wellness are important, that is why we have you and up to four family members in a premiere health plan. We have a couple of options, so you can choose what is best for you and your family
• Visual Benefit - Seeing your work for us would be a sight for sore eyes. We want your vision to always be at 100% which is why we offer up to $200.000 COP for any visual health expenses
• Life Insurance Plan - We have partnered with MetLife to offer a full-coverage Ife insurance plan. So, your family is covered, even if you are gone.
• Medical Leave Coverage - We are one of the few companies that cover 100% of your medical leave, for up to 90 days. Your health is the most important thing to us
• Professional Growth Opportunities - We have designed a highly competitive and complete development process, where you will have all the tools to get where you have always wanted to be, personally and professionally
• Stock Option Purchase Plan - As an EPAMer you can be more than just an employee, you will also have the opportunity to purchase stock at a reduced price and become a part owner of our organization
• Additional Income - Besides your regular salary, you will also have the chance to earn extra income by referring talent, being a technical interviewer, and many more ways
• Community Benefit - You will be part of a worldwide community of over 50,000 employees, where you can learn, challenge yourself, stand out, and share your knowledge and experience with multicultural teams!

EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We accept CVs in English only.

Please note that even though you are applying for this position, you may be offered other projects to join within EPAM.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.