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#138807 - Senior Data Platform Engineer

Lifted (an Upwork Company)
Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote · Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra +40
Experience
Mid-level · 3+ years

Job description

A hands-on Senior Data Platform Engineer to support the modernization, migration, and reliability of a large-scale production data platform, combining data engineering with platform and DevOps operations across Snowflake, Confluent/Kafka, and AWS.

At a glance

Employment
Contract · Independent contractor
Work mode
Remote · Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra +40

What you'll do

  • Migrate data-platform infrastructure and workloads from legacy environments to modern AWS-based infrastructure.
  • Support connectivity, deployment, and operational prerequisites for workloads moving to AWS us-east-2.
  • Enable secure and governed access to data for platform consumers and downstream systems.
  • Modernize data-platform architecture, tooling, orchestration, storage, and operational practices.
  • Operate and migrate Snowflake, Confluent/Kafka, AWS, and related data-platform infrastructure across development, stage, and production environments.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and participate in incident response, testing, documentation, and runbook creation.
  • Deliver repeatable and auditable infrastructure changes using Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code practices, GitLab, monitoring, and documented change processes.
  • Coordinate migration work and technical dependencies across platform, data, and consuming teams.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of senior-level, hands-on production data-platform engineering experience with a platform or DevOps orientation and strong data experience.
  • Strong Python, Bash, and SQL skills.
  • Production experience with Snowflake, Confluent/Kafka, and AWS through one of two accepted depth profiles: deep Snowflake and AWS experience with working Kafka knowledge (topics, connectors, schemas), or deep Kafka/Confluent and AWS experience with working Snowflake knowledge.
  • Experience operating or migrating production systems across development, stage, and production environments.
  • Strong production troubleshooting, incident-response, testing, documentation, and cross-team communication skills.
  • Experience with least-privilege access, change control, secrets handling, and secure operational practices.
  • Hands-on experience using Terraform or infrastructure as code, GitLab, and monitoring to deliver repeatable and auditable changes.
  • Candidates must be based in an eligible EMEA country approved for sourcing.
  • Full U.S. Central Standard Time coverage (UTC-6) is required.

Nice to have

  • Apache Spark and Hadoop, Hive, or HQL experience, including modernization or migration of legacy workloads.
  • Snowpark, alternatives to dbt, AWS Glue, Monte Carlo, or other data-quality and catalog tools.
  • Experience migrating legacy Airflow, Hadoop, or Hive workloads to cloud-native or managed platforms.
  • Experience aligning systems and operating practices during a company migration or acquisition.
  • Familiarity with Snowflake-to-Iceberg or Snowflake-to-data-lake migration patterns.
  • Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

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About Lifted (an Upwork Company)

Key facts

  • The successful candidate will use a client-provisioned AWS WorkSpace.
  • Remote contract engagement for 45 hours per week.
  • This is not currently a contract-to-hire opportunity.