AWS Data Engineering Lead for Enterprise Pipelines

Strategic Staffing Solutions; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 124,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise-scale data solutions on AWS. You will shape data pipelines, ensure governance, and partner with stakeholders to define scalable data strategies.

You will mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and drive Terraform-based IaC, as well as CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions. This role emphasizes reliability, security, and AI-enabled data workflows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Engineering with 5+ years on AWS.
• Expertise building data lakes and data warehouses on AWS.
• Strong Python, PySpark, and SQL skills.
• Experience designing scalable, secure data architectures.
• Proven leadership, mentoring, and code-review capabilities.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and IaC practices in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of enterprise-scale data solutions on AWS.
• Develop scalable data pipelines, ETL, ingestion, and orchestration workflows.
• Architect and oversee data lake and data warehouse initiatives (Redshift, Lake Formation, S3).
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, reviews, and mentorship.
• Drive security, governance, observability, and operational excellence.
• Implement Terraform IaC across multiple AWS accounts and environments.
• Establish CI/CD using GitHub Actions and manage production support.

Skills

AWS

PySpark

Python

Data Modeling

Data Warehousing

ETL

Kafka

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Security & Governance

Tools

Confluent Kafka

AWS EMR

Redshift

Lake Formation

Apache Airflow

Databricks

Job description

Strategic Staffing Solutions in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise-scale data solutions on AWS. You will shape data pipelines, ensure governance, and partner with stakeholders to define scalable data strategies.

You will mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and drive Terraform-based IaC, as well as CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions. This role emphasizes reliability, security, and AI-enabled data workflows.