About the role
We are seeking a seasoned AWS Senior Data Engineer with 7+ years of experience to play a pivotal role in designing, building, and operating modern data infrastructure. You will lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data pipelines and modern ETL/ELT systems, while ensuring data quality, integrity, and security. You’ll act both as a hands-on technologist and a leader, guiding a team when needed, collaborating across functions, and translating business needs into robust technical solutions.
Responsibilitie
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s
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, reusable data pipeline
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s.Architect and implement data migration, warehousing, and ETL/ELT project
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s.Modernize and consolidate legacy ETL tools and system
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s.Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across multiple system
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s.Promote data-driven decision-making and innovation across high-impact initiative
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s.Work with QA to develop test strategies and automated testing script
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s.Oversee the full data delivery lifecycle—from discovery and analysis to design, development, testing, and deploymen
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t.Guide data developers and engineers to adopt CI/CD, DevOps practices, and engineering best practice
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s.Collaborate with the Data Quality Assurance Team to uphold rigorous quality standard
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s.Translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical design
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s.Provide consultation and evaluation of data and software system
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s.Manage multiple projects with competing prioritie
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s.Lead, mentor, and support a team when necessar
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y.Coordinate with external vendors as neede
**d.
Required Qualificati**
- ons7+ years of relevant experience in data engineering or related rol
- es.Proven ability to lead a team (when require
- d).Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft SQL Ser ve r, Pyt ho n, API developm ent, a nd Snowfl a
- ke.Deep experience buildi ng data pipeli nes on AWS or similar cloud platfor
- ms.Strong skills in SQ L, Shell script ing, and ETL/ELT process desi
- gn.Hands-on experience building, automating, and maintaini ng CI/CD pipeli n
- es.Experience wi th DBT (or equivalent) for transforming and managing da
- ta.Solid understanding of data modeling and architectu
- re.Comfortable translating business needs into technical desi
- gn.Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, iterative development, PAC
- E).AWS service s: EC2, S3, ECS, Glue, Kine
- sisDevOps toolin g: Git, Docker, Jenkins, Octo
- pusInfrastructure-as-Cod e: Terraf
- ormPrior experience with data streaming, event-driven architecture, or serverless data process
ing
About Altis Technology
Altis Technology Recruitment is one of Canada's largest independent recruitment firms dedicated to placing I.T. professionals in contract and permanent roles. We represent specialized talent in a variety of disciplines, including Database and Business Intelligence, I.T. Project and Business Management, Application Development, and Network and Systems Infrastructure. Our goal is to introduce the best technical resources to the right employers.
About the role
We are seeking a seasoned AWS Senior Data Engineer with 7+ years of experience to play a pivotal role in designing, building, and operating modern data infrastructure. You will lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data pipelines and modern ETL/ELT systems, while ensuring data quality, integrity, and security. You’ll act both as a hands-on technologist and a leader, guiding a team when needed, collaborating across functions, and translating business needs into robust technical solutions.
Responsibilitie
-
s
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, reusable data pipeline
-
s.Architect and implement data migration, warehousing, and ETL/ELT project
-
s.Modernize and consolidate legacy ETL tools and system
-
s.Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across multiple system
-
s.Promote data-driven decision-making and innovation across high-impact initiative
-
s.Work with QA to develop test strategies and automated testing script
-
s.Oversee the full data delivery lifecycle—from discovery and analysis to design, development, testing, and deploymen
-
t.Guide data developers and engineers to adopt CI/CD, DevOps practices, and engineering best practice
-
s.Collaborate with the Data Quality Assurance Team to uphold rigorous quality standard
-
s.Translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical design
-
s.Provide consultation and evaluation of data and software system
-
s.Manage multiple projects with competing prioritie
-
s.Lead, mentor, and support a team when necessar
-
y.Coordinate with external vendors as neede
**d.
Required Qualificati**
- ons7+ years of relevant experience in data engineering or related rol
- es.Proven ability to lead a team (when require
- d).Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft SQL Ser ve r, Pyt ho n, API developm ent, a nd Snowfl a
- ke.Deep experience buildi ng data pipeli nes on AWS or similar cloud platfor
- ms.Strong skills in SQ L, Shell script ing, and ETL/ELT process desi
- gn.Hands-on experience building, automating, and maintaini ng CI/CD pipeli n
- es.Experience wi th DBT (or equivalent) for transforming and managing da
- ta.Solid understanding of data modeling and architectu
- re.Comfortable translating business needs into technical desi
- gn.Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, iterative development, PAC
- E).AWS service s: EC2, S3, ECS, Glue, Kine
- sisDevOps toolin g: Git, Docker, Jenkins, Octo
- pusInfrastructure-as-Cod e: Terraf
- ormPrior experience with data streaming, event-driven architecture, or serverless data process
ing
About Altis Technology
Altis Technology Recruitment is one of Canada's largest independent recruitment firms dedicated to placing I.T. professionals in contract and permanent roles. We represent specialized talent in a variety of disciplines, including Database and Business Intelligence, I.T. Project and Business Management, Application Development, and Network and Systems Infrastructure. Our goal is to introduce the best technical resources to the right employers.