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Dexian · 16 hours ago

Airflow Developer

Pennington, NJ

Contract

Hybrid

Mid Level

$63/hr - $67/hr

4+ years exp

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. They are seeking an experienced Astronomer Airflow Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable data orchestration pipelines using Apache Airflow.

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Responsibilities

Develop, enhance, and maintain Apache Airflow DAGs using Python for ETL/ELT workflows

Build end-to-end orchestration pipelines integrating multiple data sources, APIs, and enterprise platforms

Deploy and manage Airflow workflows using Astronomer (Astro) including best practices for enterprise environments

Perform pipeline performance tuning, scheduling optimization, and task dependency management

Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and recovery strategies for Airflow workflows

Work with data engineering teams to integrate Airflow with platforms like Snowflake/Databricks/Redshift/BigQuery

Follow SDLC best practices including Git-based development, code reviews, and CI/CD pipeline automation

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, translate them into workflow designs, and ensure successful delivery

Ensure workflow security compliance including IAM, secrets management, and access control

Qualification

Apache AirflowPythonAWSKubernetesAstronomer (Astro)ETL/ELTDockerTerraformDbtSparkKafkaData Quality ToolsMonitoring Tools

Required

4+ years of experience in Data Engineering / Data Pipeline Development

2+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Airflow

Strong development experience in Python

Proven experience deploying/managing workflows on Astronomer (Astro) / Managed Airflow

Strong understanding of Airflow Operators, Sensors, Hooks

Scheduling, retries, SLAs, backfills

DAG dependencies and task orchestration

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes

Good understanding of ETL/ELT concepts and data integration patterns

Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills

Preferred

Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools

Experience with dbt orchestration through Airflow

Experience with modern data tools and frameworks (Spark, Databricks, Kafka, etc.)

Familiarity with data quality tools (Great Expectations, Soda, etc.)

Experience in enterprise monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Splunk, etc.)

Exposure to security compliance practices for data pipelines

Company

Dexian

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Dexian provides services for staffing, talent development, and consulting, with a focus on technology, finance, and project management.

Founded in 1994

Mclean, Virginia, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://dexian.com

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