Senior AWS Data Platform Engineer - Remote

Socket.dev; Frederick (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on AWS data engineering to modernize a healthcare data platform. The role emphasizes migrating from MSSQL XML object stores to scalable AWS-native architectures while enabling SQL-based reporting for business users.

You will evaluate AWS data services, design data pipelines, and collaborate with stakeholders to optimize performance and cost, leveraging S3, Redshift, Glue, and Athena within enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in software or data engineering with a strong AWS focus.
• Proven experience architecting and executing cloud data platform migrations in production enterprise or healthcare environments.
• Track record of evaluating and selecting AWS data services to meet business reporting and query requirements.
• Experience delivering reporting or analytics solutions that serve non-technical business users.
• Deep hands-on AWS experience across data-oriented services – S3, Athena, Glue, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch, Lambda, IAM, and Cloudwatch.

Responsibilities

• Lead the next phase of the healthcare data platform modernization.
• Design and implement a cloud-native AWS data architecture to enable SQL-based reporting.
• Architect migration from MSSQL XML object store to AWS platform and define storage formats.
• Build and maintain AWS data catalog, schemas, and metadata management.
• Optimize query performance and cost across AWS services and guide stakeholders.

Skills

AWS Data Engineering

SQL

Data Architecture

C#/.NET

Cloud Migrations

BI/Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

S3

Athena

Glue

Aurora

DynamoDB

Redshift

OpenSearch

QuickSight

Lambda

IAM

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on AWS data engineering to modernize a healthcare data platform. The role emphasizes migrating from MSSQL XML object stores to scalable AWS-native architectures while enabling SQL-based reporting for business users.

You will evaluate AWS data services, design data pipelines, and collaborate with stakeholders to optimize performance and cost, leveraging S3, Redshift, Glue, and Athena within enterprise environments.