Cloud Data Engineer: Cloudera to Redshift Migrations

Slalom; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off & holidays

401(k) with match

Health/Dental/Vision coverage

Adoption and fertility assistance

Long-term disability

Well-being stipend

Job summary

Slalom is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to support a large-scale data modernization initiative, migrating assets from Cloudera to Amazon Redshift. The role focuses on data migration, pipeline development, cloud transformation, and BI enablement within Eastern Time business hours.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Cloudera/Hadoop experience, cloud data platform expertise, and strong SQL/data modeling skills to support BI and analytics solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or related data platform roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cloudera, Hadoop ecosystem technologies, or similar big data platforms.
• Experience migrating data from legacy/on-premises platforms to cloud-based data warehouses.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Redshift.
• Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong SQL development and data modeling skills.
• Experience working within cloud environments such as AWS.
• Experience supporting business intelligence and reporting solutions.
• Ability to work EST business hours.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for enterprise analytics.
• Lead and support migration activities from Cloudera/Hadoop to Amazon Redshift.
• Configure, optimize, and monitor ETL/ELT data workflows.
• Collaborate with BI/analytics teams to ensure data availability and quality.
• Support reporting and visualization initiatives using MicroStrategy and other BI tools.
• Create and modify dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Implement data integration across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline, performance, and integration issues.
• Participate in architecture discussions and cloud modernization efforts.

Skills

Cloudera

Hadoop Ecosystem

Amazon Redshift

AWS

Data Migration

ETL / ELT Development

Data Pipelines

SQL

Data Modeling

MicroStrategy

BI Dashboard Development

Data Warehousing

Cloud Data Engineering

Job description

Slalom is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to support a large-scale data modernization initiative, migrating assets from Cloudera to Amazon Redshift. The role focuses on data migration, pipeline development, cloud transformation, and BI enablement within Eastern Time business hours.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Cloudera/Hadoop experience, cloud data platform expertise, and strong SQL/data modeling skills to support BI and analytics solutions.