Polar IT · 3 months ago
AWS Tech Lead
Virginia, United States
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expPolar IT is seeking an AWS Tech Lead for a contracting opportunity with Capital One. The role involves leading Data Engineering teams responsible for migrating and transforming historical credit card data into the Capital One ecosystem.
Big DataBusiness IntelligenceCloud ComputingInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Lead 6 separate Data Engineering teams
Accountable for team's work being delivered on time
Lead sprint ceremonies for team
Accountable for problem solving with senior managers
Must be able to pivot and adapt quickly based on requirements
Qualification
Required
Candidates must meet all client requirements to qualify for remote
They also need to live near a Capital One hub (Chicago, Boston, NYC, Virginia, Texas, etc.)
Every consultant submitted must have previous leadership experience—no exceptions
Must have Financial experience and/or Capital One Former. Being a former is not required but they must have experience in the financial/Fintech sector
They will not consider anyone currently working as on-prem/Big Data Developers or Hadoop Developers
Candidates must currently be working in the AWS space with experience in Airflow, Databricks, Snowflake, and PySpark
Must Have: AWS(EMR/Glue, S3, Lambda, Cloudwatch), Python/Java, Spark, Databricks, SQL, Bash
Python use: scripting, building new data pipelines (not app dev)
Data warehousing experience (Snowflake)
APIs
Agile engineering practices & JIRA usage
Preferred
Capital One formers preferred
Nice to Have: Kafka, Airflow, Open Table formats (Delta, Hudi, Iceberg), Splunk, NewRelic, Github, Jenkins, prior Capital One experience highly preferred
Must be located in Capital One core locations (listed in order of preference): Chicago, McLean, Richmond, Plano
Secondary Skills - Nice To Haves: Kafka, airflow, Agile engineering practices & JIRA usage
Company
Polar IT
Polar IT Services is a global Information Technology company, located in Elkridge, MD, Atlanta, GA & India that has been providing high quality software solutions to large & medium sized customers.
51-200 employees
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