Job Title : Senior Cloud Data Engineer (AWS | Snowflake | Spark)
Location : Pune Hybrid
Experience : 7 to 10 Years
About the Role :
We are looking for a Senior Cloud Data Engineer to design, build, and manage scalable data infrastructure on AWS. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, and performance tuning using modern data engineering technologies. This role requires a mix of strong coding skills, DevOps mindset, and data engineering best practices to ensure reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency of our data platform.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation).
- Architect, build, and optimize ETL / ELT data pipelines using AWS EMR, Snowflake, Spark, Hive, Trino.
- Tune and optimize big data workloads for performance and cost efficiency.
- Automate workflows with Airflow, Oozie, or equivalent orchestration tools.
- Implement and manage data storage solutions (S3, RDS, NoSQL databases).
- Build monitoring and observability dashboards (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
- Enforce security & governance policies (IAM roles, user privileges, data integrity, compliance).
- Support on-call duties and troubleshoot production issues for high availability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and maintain documentation and coding standards.
Must-Have Skills :
5+ years of experience in public cloud platforms (AWS preferred, Azure / GCP acceptable).Strong coding skills in Python or Java, with solid Shell scripting.Expertise in Apache Spark / Hive / Trino with proven performance tuning experience.Hands-on with Terraform / CloudFormation (IaC).Experience with Snowflake integration and pipeline design.Familiarity with containerization & orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, Docker).Strong experience in debugging, diagnostics, and production support.Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.Good-to-Have :
Exposure to data governance, lineage, and quality frameworks.Experience with CI / CD pipelines for data workflows.Prior on-call / SRE experience managing large-scale data infra.Why Join Us ?
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud data platforms.Ownership of end-to-end cloud + data engineering projects.Collaborative team culture with focus on innovation & problem-solving.Competitive compensation with career growth opportunities.(ref : hirist.tech)