Ursus, Inc.
Data Engineer III
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This role is a Data Engineer III position in Atlanta, GA, for 6 months at $62-$72/hr. Key skills include AWS data pipeline design, ETL optimization, and data modeling. Requires 3-5 years of experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
576
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🗓️ - Date
February 11, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Atlanta, GA 30305
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Graph Databases #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #BI (Business Intelligence) #Data Pipeline #Computer Science #Data Modeling #IAM (Identity and Access Management) #Redshift #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #AWS Glue #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Scala #Base #Storage #Data Quality #Databases #Data Engineering #S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service)
Role description
JOB TITLE: Data Engineer III LOCATION: Atlanta, GA DURATION: 6 months PAY RANGE: $62 - $72/hr. TOP 3 SKILLS:
Strong experience designing and building AWS-based data pipelines (Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda) to collect, transform, and deliver operational data for analytics and BI use.
Proven ability to optimize ETL processes and query performance, ensuring scalable, reliable, and efficient data systems.
Solid background in data modeling, warehousing, and troubleshooting data quality issues, including root-cause analysis of anomalies.
QUALIFICATIONS: Must Have Hard Skills:
An understanding of operational data from the AWS fleet, and build mechanisms for retrieving and aggregating such data for use by downstream business intelligence solutions.
Optimize the performance of data queries and address extract, transform, load (ETL) procedures.
Experience with AWS technologies like Redshift, S3, AWS Glue, EMR, Kinesis, FireHose, Lambda, and IAM roles and permissions
Nice to haves:
Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
Experience with non-relational databases / data stores (object storage, document or key-value stores, graph databases, column-family databases)
Performing deep-dives to find root causes of potential data anomalies and taking subsequent action to address these anomalies.
Years of Experience:
3-5 years of experience
Degree/ Certification Requirements:
Bachelor s degree in computer science or equivalent
BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching. IND123
JOB TITLE: Data Engineer III LOCATION: Atlanta, GA DURATION: 6 months PAY RANGE: $62 - $72/hr. TOP 3 SKILLS:
Strong experience designing and building AWS-based data pipelines (Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda) to collect, transform, and deliver operational data for analytics and BI use.
Proven ability to optimize ETL processes and query performance, ensuring scalable, reliable, and efficient data systems.
Solid background in data modeling, warehousing, and troubleshooting data quality issues, including root-cause analysis of anomalies.
QUALIFICATIONS: Must Have Hard Skills:
An understanding of operational data from the AWS fleet, and build mechanisms for retrieving and aggregating such data for use by downstream business intelligence solutions.
Optimize the performance of data queries and address extract, transform, load (ETL) procedures.
Experience with AWS technologies like Redshift, S3, AWS Glue, EMR, Kinesis, FireHose, Lambda, and IAM roles and permissions
Nice to haves:
Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
Experience with non-relational databases / data stores (object storage, document or key-value stores, graph databases, column-family databases)
Performing deep-dives to find root causes of potential data anomalies and taking subsequent action to address these anomalies.
Years of Experience:
3-5 years of experience
Degree/ Certification Requirements:
Bachelor s degree in computer science or equivalent
BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching. IND123
