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Platform Engineer

Galent

 

Toronto, ON, Canada

Posted On: 30+ days ago
Experience: 10+ years
Availability: Onsite
Openings: 1
Category: Platform Engineer
Tenure: Contract - Corp-to-Corp
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Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, maintain, and support scalable data pipelines using Big Data and AWS technologies
  • Lead and support data platform migration initiatives (On-Prem to AWS Cloud)
  • Develop and manage ETL/ELT processes using tools like SSIS, Pentaho, or similar
  • Implement and manage AWS services such as EMR, S3, EC2, Redshift, Glue, and Airflow
  • Build and optimize data workflows and orchestration pipelines using Airflow
  • Work with real-time streaming technologies such as Kafka and Spark Streaming
  • Perform data ingestion, transformation, and validation from multiple data sources
  • Optimize SQL queries for performance and scalability
  • Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure system reliability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, architects, and infrastructure teams

 

Required Technical Skills

Cloud Technologies

  • Strong experience in AWS Cloud services:
  • EMR, EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Redshift
  • AWS Glue, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudFormation
  • Airflow (or AWS Managed Workflows)

Databases

  • Experience working with:
  • SQL-based systems: SQL Server and PostgreSQL
  • Data warehouses: Teradata, Redshift, Netezza

ETL Tools

  • Hands-on experience with:
  • SSIS

Programming & Scripting

  • Strong proficiency in:
  • SQL
  • Shell scripting
  • Good to have:
  • Python

Operating Systems

  • Strong experience in Unix/Linux environments.


 

Key Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering / Big Data / Platform Engineering
  • Hands-on experience in AWS and Hadoop ecosystems
  • Experience in data migration projects (e.g., Hadoop to AWS, DB migrations)
  • Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and ETL design patterns
  • Expertise in query optimization and performance tuning
  • Experience supporting production data platforms
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.


 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Banking / Financial Services domain
  • Experience with data lake architecture and governance
  • Knowledge of DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience in platform engineering and framework development.


 

Nice to Have

  • Experience with tools like Ansible, Git, JIRA
  • Exposure to NoSQL databases (HBase, MongoDB)
  • Experience in data masking and security frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree

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