

Signature IT World Inc
AWS Lead Data Engineer
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This role is for an AWS Lead Data Engineer with 10+ years of experience, a contract length of "C2C/W2," paying a competitive rate, and requiring onsite work in Fort Mills, South Carolina. Key skills include AWS Glue, PySpark, SQL, and AWS certifications preferred.
π - Country
United States
π± - Currency
$ USD
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π° - Day rate
Unknown
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ποΈ - Date
June 18, 2026
π - Duration
Unknown
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ποΈ - Location
On-site
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π - Contract
W2 Contractor
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π - Security
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
Fort Mill, SC
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π§ - Skills detailed
#MS SQL (Microsoft SQL Server) #Snowflake #AWS Glue #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Data Pipeline #Aurora #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Spark (Apache Spark) #Cloud #RDS (Amazon Relational Database Service) #Scala #S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) #Data Engineering #SQL Server #Databases #Data Warehouse #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #PostgreSQL #Airflow #Terraform #Data Modeling #DevOps #Deployment #Leadership #Data Quality #PySpark #Data Integration #Lambda (AWS Lambda)
Role description
Job Description
Role: AWS Lead Data Engineer
Experience: 10+ Year of Experience
Type: Contract - C2C / W2
Location : Fort Mills - South Carolina - 5 days Onsite
Mode of interview - Face To Face interview
Job Summary
β’ Extensive hands-on experience in designing, developing, and automating endβtoβend data pipelines,
β’ including building ETL/ELT workflows using AWS Glue with PySpark.
β’ AWS ETL Technical Lead to design and deliver scalable data integration and data warehouse solutions.
β’ This role will lead the development of ETL pipelines using AWS (Glue) and orchestration tools like Airflow,
β’ ensuring high data quality, performance, and reliability.
β’ Deep knowledge and practical experience with AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, EventBridge, S3,
β’ RDS (Aurora/Postgres), and MSK/Kinesis, with the ability to design scalable, event-driven architectures.
β’ Proficiency in working with relational and cloud-native databases, including Snowflake, Aurora,
β’ PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server, with strong SQL and data modeling skills.
β’ Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), and modern DevOps
β’ practices to enable automated deployments and environment consistency.
β’ Strong communication and leadership capabilities, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-
β’ functional teams and influence both technical and business stakeholders.
β’ AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Data Engineer) are preferred and add value to the role
Job Description
Role: AWS Lead Data Engineer
Experience: 10+ Year of Experience
Type: Contract - C2C / W2
Location : Fort Mills - South Carolina - 5 days Onsite
Mode of interview - Face To Face interview
Job Summary
β’ Extensive hands-on experience in designing, developing, and automating endβtoβend data pipelines,
β’ including building ETL/ELT workflows using AWS Glue with PySpark.
β’ AWS ETL Technical Lead to design and deliver scalable data integration and data warehouse solutions.
β’ This role will lead the development of ETL pipelines using AWS (Glue) and orchestration tools like Airflow,
β’ ensuring high data quality, performance, and reliability.
β’ Deep knowledge and practical experience with AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, EventBridge, S3,
β’ RDS (Aurora/Postgres), and MSK/Kinesis, with the ability to design scalable, event-driven architectures.
β’ Proficiency in working with relational and cloud-native databases, including Snowflake, Aurora,
β’ PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server, with strong SQL and data modeling skills.
β’ Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), and modern DevOps
β’ practices to enable automated deployments and environment consistency.
β’ Strong communication and leadership capabilities, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-
β’ functional teams and influence both technical and business stakeholders.
β’ AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Data Engineer) are preferred and add value to the role





