Lead Data Engineer - AWS Platform Architect (Hybrid)

Bartech Staffing; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bartech Staffing in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own end-to-end data initiatives on AWS. You will design, implement, and govern data pipelines across data lake and warehouse environments, while mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.

The role emphasizes governance, observability, and scalable cloud-native architectures, with a hybrid work model based in Charlotte and a preference for local candidates.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Engineering with 5+ years on AWS-based platforms.
• Expertise with S3, EMR, Glue Jobs, Lambda, Athena, CloudWatch, Step Functions.
• Experience building data lakes and data warehouses (Lake Formation, Redshift, Athena).
• Kafka-based streaming experience (Confluent Kafka preferred).
• Strong SQL, data modeling (dimensional, data vault) and large-scale DW design.
• Hands-on Python and PySpark; Terraform for IaC; CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
• Security, governance, and observability practices across data platforms.
• Ability to lead hands-on development while mentoring teams and driving architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise data solutions on AWS.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical strategy and scalable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across Data Engineers and teams.
• Drive architectural decisions for scalable, secure, reliable data platforms.
• Design data warehouse and data lake solutions balancing usability and performance.
• Establish standards for data modeling, ETL, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and regs.
• Manage production support and optimization of AWS-based data platforms.
• Champion data quality, governance, observability, and data stewardship.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

PySpark

Data modeling

ETL design

Cloud computing

Leadership

Mentoring

Data governance

Observability

Tools

AWS

Lake Formation

Amazon Redshift

Apache Airflow

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Confluent Kafka

Kafka

PySpark

Databricks

Python

SQL

S3/EMR

LLMs / Generative AI

Job description

Bartech Staffing in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own end-to-end data initiatives on AWS. You will design, implement, and govern data pipelines across data lake and warehouse environments, while mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.

The role emphasizes governance, observability, and scalable cloud-native architectures, with a hybrid work model based in Charlotte and a preference for local candidates.