Note: Considering only W2 and local to Dallas, TX profiles. Title: Data Scientist Location: Irving, TX (Onsite) Duration: 6+ Months (Extendable) Qualifications: • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. • 6+ years of experience in data engineering, preferably in the retail or logistics domain. • Experience designing and operating production-grade data pipelines on AWS. • Strong understanding of data modeling concepts (document, dimensional, normalized). • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, distributed team. Key Technologies & Stack • Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, particularly Lambda, Kinesis, Glue, S3, Step Functions, CloudWatch, and IAM, to build and manage scalable, cloud-native data pipelines. • Proficiency in using Amazon S3 as a central data lake and Apache Spark (via EMR or Glue) for distributed data processing at scale. • Advanced programming skills in Python, with the ability to develop robust and reusable ETL components. • Experience in orchestrating workflows using Apache Airflow or AWS MWAA, as well as event-driven state machines with Step Functions. • Knowledge of containerization and infrastructure automation using Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions as part of CI/CD workflows. • Strong background in monitoring and observability using tools like CloudWatch, Datadog, or Prometheus/Grafana. • Experience integrating with external systems and services using RESTful APIs and gRPC protocols. • Solid understanding of cloud security and compliance, with working knowledge of IAM policies, CloudTrail auditing, and encryption standards for data at rest and in transit. • Hands on experience with SQL technologies. • 4+ years’ experience in building data workflows and big data systems. • Must have 2+ years in Azure cloud and databricks setup. • Must have 4+ years’ experience in spark framework based data pipeline development. • Must have exposure to API development. • 4+ years of experience in any relational database (Oracle/Postgres). • 2+ years of experience in any NoSQL databases (Cassandra/MongoDB/DynamoDB). • 4+ years of experience in any cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP). • Must have experience with messaging Technologies like Kafka or Rabbit MQ.