
AWS DevOps Data Engineer
Railroad19
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $150,000 per year
About the role
- Build and support AWS infrastructure (EMR, ECS, Lambda, IAM)
- Create POCs and reference implementations to guide teams on AWS best practices
- Own and manage GitLab (runners, permissions, pipelines) and support the transition to GitHub Actions
- Coordinate and enable multiple engineering teams to adopt consistent DevOps workflows
- Develop Python-based ETL/automation scripts
- Build and maintain Airflow DAGs for data workflows
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and platform reliability
- Collaborate across engineering, data, product, and security teams in a large enterprise environment
Requirements
- 4+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or data engineering
- Strong AWS experience (EMR, ECS, Lambda, IAM)
- Python development skills
- Airflow production experience
- Hands-on GitLab experience; GitHub Actions a plus
- Ability to guide teams, influence standards, and operate in a complex enterprise setting
- Nice to Have/Preferred: Media/entertainment industry experience, Terraform or CloudFormation, Spark or distributed data processing, Strong communication and documentation skills, AWS Certifications
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Pet Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWSPythonAirflowGitLabGitHub ActionsTerraformCloudFormationEMRECSLambda
Soft Skills
communicationdocumentationteam guidanceinfluence standardscollaboration
Certifications
AWS Certifications