Data Engineer [AWS, PYTHON]

Post Date

Aug 07, 2024

Location

Los Angeles,
California

ZIP/Postal Code

90024
US
Jul 27, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Data Warehousing

Req #

LAX-724713

Pay Rate

$46 - $58 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global's higher education client is looking for a Data Engineer to deliver enterprise data integration solutions across the full life cycle, including gathering requirements, data analysis, solution design, development of data pipelines, and comprehensive testing to ensure quality assurance.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide technical direction and expertise related to data integration strategies.
Managing data ingestion and creating data sets.
Identify solutions to critical data management problems/issues.
Identify gaps in existing processes and direct improvements.
Using SQL for Data extraction and transformation.
Managing the data warehouse with Amazon RedShift.
Using AWS API Gateway to create and manage APIs.
Using AWS CloudFormation for infrastructure as code.

Pay range for this position is $60 - 65/hr

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Required Skills & Experience

5 years of experience as a Data Engineer.
3+ years of AWS: Redshift, Lambda, API Gateway.
3+ years of experience working with SQL.
Experience building ETL pipelines from scratch.
1+ years of experience working with Python. (Data Curation, AWS Lambda Functions).

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience with APIGEE.
Familiarity with CloudFormation.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.