NAM Info Inc
Principal Data Engineer (AWS)
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This role is for a Principal Data Engineer (AWS) in Chicago, IL, with a 12-month contract. Requires 10+ years of experience, expertise in data pipelines, architecture, AWS optimization, and team leadership. Onsite work is mandatory.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
May 14, 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
Chicago, IL
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Scala #Security #Spark (Apache Spark) #Monitoring #Storage #Data Architecture #S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) #Data Quality #Athena #Redshift #Cloud #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Data Pipeline #Leadership #Data Engineering #Batch
Role description
Principal Data Engineer (AWS)
Chicago IL- 5 Days Onsite
12 Months Contract
Must be local to Chicago
Looking for 10 plus years of Overall experience
Must have End to End Ownership of Data Pipelines
1.End to End Ownership of Data Pipelines
Designs, builds, and operates critical batch and streaming pipelines (Glue, Redshift, Spark, Kinesis, Lambda), handling complex edge cases like schema evolution, CDC, late data, and high-volume workloads.
2.Data Architecture & Modeling
Owns the data architecture for a specific business domain, defining Lakehouse patterns, data models, partitioning strategies, and storage/query choices (S3, Redshift, Athena) based on real usage and performance needs aligning with Enterprise standards.
3.Hands On AWS Optimization & Troubleshooting
Actively tunes Spark jobs, Glue configurations, Redshift performance, and S3 layouts; investigates production issues, reduces pipeline latency, and controls cloud cost through code and configuration changes.
4.Production Reliability, Quality & Security
Implements domain level data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting; ensures secure access; owns production incidents and drives permanent fixes.
5.Technical Leadership Within the Team
Leads by example through coding, PR reviews, and design guidance; mentors senior engineers, sets engineering standards, and translates business requirements into scalable, reliable data solutions.
Kindly reply with your resume to Email- jnehru@nam-it.com
Principal Data Engineer (AWS)
Chicago IL- 5 Days Onsite
12 Months Contract
Must be local to Chicago
Looking for 10 plus years of Overall experience
Must have End to End Ownership of Data Pipelines
1.End to End Ownership of Data Pipelines
Designs, builds, and operates critical batch and streaming pipelines (Glue, Redshift, Spark, Kinesis, Lambda), handling complex edge cases like schema evolution, CDC, late data, and high-volume workloads.
2.Data Architecture & Modeling
Owns the data architecture for a specific business domain, defining Lakehouse patterns, data models, partitioning strategies, and storage/query choices (S3, Redshift, Athena) based on real usage and performance needs aligning with Enterprise standards.
3.Hands On AWS Optimization & Troubleshooting
Actively tunes Spark jobs, Glue configurations, Redshift performance, and S3 layouts; investigates production issues, reduces pipeline latency, and controls cloud cost through code and configuration changes.
4.Production Reliability, Quality & Security
Implements domain level data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting; ensures secure access; owns production incidents and drives permanent fixes.
5.Technical Leadership Within the Team
Leads by example through coding, PR reviews, and design guidance; mentors senior engineers, sets engineering standards, and translates business requirements into scalable, reliable data solutions.
Kindly reply with your resume to Email- jnehru@nam-it.com
