Data Platform Engineer

I'm partnering with a fast-growing client that's redefining how sales teams scale with AI-native technology, and they're building something brand new. My client is on the hunt for a Data Platform Engineer to be the first hire on a greenfield project. You'll have a direct hand in shaping the cloud infrastructure from zero to one, driving key decisions, laying foundational architecture, and setting the stage for long-term scalability and innovation.

This is a Contract-to-Hire role with massive growth potential. If you're passionate about starting from scratch and building something meaningful in a high-impact, high-autonomy environment this one is for you!

U.S. Citizens/Greencard Holders Only. No C2C/3rd Party Agencies.

The Role

Build from scratch: You'll architect and implement a brand-new AWS-based data platform.

Work cross-functionally with engineering and product teams to ensure data flows are scalable, secure, and future-proof.

Help define standards and best practices around infrastructure, observability, and deployment.

Contract-to-Hire path with the opportunity to grow into a leadership or principal-level role.

Details

Type: Initial 3-6 month contract (with the opportunity to convert to full-time)

Pay: $75-$95/hr (W2 only)

Location: Remote (Occasional travel to Austin office.)

Mandatory Requirements:

5+ years in AWS Infrastructure & DevOps

5+ years of IaC experience with CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform

5+ years of CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions

5+ years of experience of monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana

5+ years of experience of containerization with Docker, EKS, or Fargate

3+ years of experience in Glue, Data Lakes, and ETL Pipelines

3+ years of experience in Airflow

3+ years of Networking: VPC design, subnets, route tables, NAT, etc.

3+ years of Security: IAM, KMS, SGs, NACLs

3+ years of DNS: Route 53, domain management, resolver rules

3+ years of Scripting with Python, Bash, or YAML

Good to Have:

Experience with GoLang or Java

Familiarity with open-source data pipeline frameworks

Oscar Associates Limited (US) is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.