Senior Data Platform Engineer

This nationwide entertainment industry leader has an immediate 12+ month contract opportunity (with strong chance for extension and conversion) in New York, Lawrenceville, NJ, or Washington, DC for a Senior Data Platform Engineer. This position requires working onsite 2 days per week. Key requirements are the Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS CDK,and AWS infrastructure experience. In this role you will be a member of a team responsible for designing, developing and supporting a data platform which will be used across data organization and other groups.

Contract Duration: 12+ months (strong chance for extension or conversion)

Required Skills & Experience

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field.

• 7+ years’ experience developing infrastructure as Code such as AWS CDK, typescript/or Python.

• 3+ years of experience working on a cloud platform (ex. GCP, AWS, etc.).

• AWS CDK with Typescript as language for CDK development.

• Working Experience for Job Orchestration tool – Airflow/MWAA preferred.

• Working Experience/Expertise creating AWS infrastructure for AWS services including but not limited to: S3 Datalake, Kms keys, IAM Role/Policy, MWAA, RDS, Lambda function.

• Experience/Expertise on Databricks is strongly preferred.

• Experience architecting, designing and building infrastructure in AWS.

• Experience using GitHub for code PR management.

• Working Experience in Linux Operating System.

• Prefer knowledge on tools viz (Fivetran, Monte-Carlo, Datadog, Tableau/Looker)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

• Ability to pay attention to details and be organized.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects.

• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task, and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

What You Will Be Doing

• Building cloud-based data platform which supports Datalake, Job Orchestration, ETL template, ETL Compute, integration with third party tools like fivetran, Monte Carlo

• Designing, coding and maintaining infrastructure as a code (IaC) using CDK, typescript, CDKTF.

• Building and improving workflow orchestration tooling to support efficient data pipelines E.g., airflow plugins, systems integration, deployments.

• Strengthening best practices around data platform setup and configuration.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.