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IBM AWS Data Engineer (Mid-Senior) in Cluj, Romania
Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Your role and responsibilities
As an AWS Data Engineer, you will design and build scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data solutions that power analytics and business decision-making for enterprise clients. Working within our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Center, you will collaborate with architects, analysts, and delivery teams to deliver production-grade data platforms on AWS.
In this role, you will:
• Design and develop batch and streaming data pipelines using Python and Spark
• Build and deploy data processing solutions within AWS environments
• Model and transform complex datasets to support analytics and reporting use cases
• Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of cloud data platforms
• Contribute to testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of data solutions
• Work in agile teams to deliver robust, client-facing data products
This position offers exposure to modern cloud data ecosystems and the opportunity to contribute to large-scale transformation initiatives across industries.
Required technical and professional expertise
• Strong SQL skills and solid understanding of data modeling concepts
• Hands-on experience using Python and Spark in production environments (ideally 1+ year of practical experience)
• Experience building and deploying data pipelines in AWS environments (ideally 2+ years of hands-on AWS experience)
• Understanding of distributed data systems and data warehousing principles
• Experience working in agile delivery teams
• Professional-level English
Preferred technical and professional experience
• Experience with AWS services such as Glue, Athena, Redshift, or EMR
• Exposure to Lakehouse architectures or modern data platforms
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices or DevOps tools
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.