Technical Lead (AWS Data Engineering Lead)

Job Description: Must-Have Skills

Cloud & Data Engineering (AWS)

• Strong hands-on experience with: + Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Athena, Redshift
• Experience designing cloud-native data lakes and data warehouses
• Deep understanding of batch and streaming data pipelines
• Experience building scalable and fault-tolerant data workflows

SQL & Python (Mandatory)

• Strong expertise in SQL, including: + Complex transformations and aggregations + Performance tuning and analytics queries
• Experience working with large-scale datasets in Redshift/Athena
• Strong Python programming skills for data engineering use cases

PySpark / Spark Processing

• Hands-on experience with Spark / PySpark
• Build reusable ETL components and utilities
• Strong understanding of: + Data modeling + Transformations + Performance optimization

Data Processing & Engineering

• Experience with distributed processing frameworks (Spark/PySpark)
• Handling structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
• Expertise in: + Schema design + Partitioning + Query optimization

DevOps & Platform Engineering

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
• Hands-on experience in building CI/CD pipelines for data platforms
• Exposure to containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS)

Collaboration & Ownership

• Strong ownership mindset for: + Solution quality + Performance + Production stability
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with streaming technologies (Kinesis, Kafka, MSK)
• Exposure to Lakehouse architectures and modern data platforms
• Integration with BI and analytics tools
• Knowledge of: + Data governance + Data quality frameworks + Metadata management
• Familiarity with FinOps (cost optimization on AWS)
• Exposure to Marketing/Customer Data Platforms (CDP / MarTech)
• Experience working in Agile delivery models with global teams

Education Qualification

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in: + Computer Science + Information Systems + Data Engineering + or related field

Certifications

• Preferred: + AWS Certified Data Analytics + AWS Solutions Architect (Any two preferred)
• Plus: + Databricks + Snowflake or other cloud data platform certifications

Location: DGS India - Mumbai - Goregaon Prism Tower

Brand: Merkle

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent#DGS