Cloudoku AI
Data Engineer
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This role is for a Lead Data Engineer in Pennington, NJ, offering a 12-month contract at a W2 pay rate. Key skills include ETL expertise, workflow orchestration, Python programming, and experience with Airflow and OpenShift.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
January 15, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
W2 Contractor
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Pennington, NJ
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Airflow #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Deployment #Containers #Data Engineering #Data Integration #Python #Scrum #Automation #Programming #Scripting #Leadership #Batch #Scala
Role description
Lead Data Engineer
Location: Pennington, NJ ( 3 Days onsite 2 days remote)
Local for Local nearby Candidates
Duration: 12 months Contract (with high possibilities of extension)
W2 position
· We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Data Technology Leader to lead enterprise-scale data initiatives.
· This role requires strong technical expertise in data preparation, orchestration, and integration, combined with leadership skills to manage multiple scrum teams and deliver major rollouts.
· The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with modern data tools, workflow automation, and architecture design for large-scale projects.
Required Qualifications:
· Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration for data-driven solutions.
· Expertise in optimizing data integration pipelines using ETL tools.
· Strong knowledge of task dependency tuning and scheduling for scalability.
· Proficiency with OpenShift containers and containerized deployments.
· Experience with Airflow or similar batch processing tools.
· Solid understanding of CI/CD automation and pipeline management.
· Ability to lead large-scale architecture initiatives and enterprise rollouts.
Desired Skills:
· Experience in ETL automation and orchestration.
· Strong Python programming and scripting skills.
· Ability to mentor and guide teams in best practices.
· Exposure to shared services environments and enterprise-level governance.
Lead Data Engineer
Location: Pennington, NJ ( 3 Days onsite 2 days remote)
Local for Local nearby Candidates
Duration: 12 months Contract (with high possibilities of extension)
W2 position
· We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Data Technology Leader to lead enterprise-scale data initiatives.
· This role requires strong technical expertise in data preparation, orchestration, and integration, combined with leadership skills to manage multiple scrum teams and deliver major rollouts.
· The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with modern data tools, workflow automation, and architecture design for large-scale projects.
Required Qualifications:
· Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration for data-driven solutions.
· Expertise in optimizing data integration pipelines using ETL tools.
· Strong knowledge of task dependency tuning and scheduling for scalability.
· Proficiency with OpenShift containers and containerized deployments.
· Experience with Airflow or similar batch processing tools.
· Solid understanding of CI/CD automation and pipeline management.
· Ability to lead large-scale architecture initiatives and enterprise rollouts.
Desired Skills:
· Experience in ETL automation and orchestration.
· Strong Python programming and scripting skills.
· Ability to mentor and guide teams in best practices.
· Exposure to shared services environments and enterprise-level governance.
