Data Engineer with AI & Kubernetes (USC/GC/OPT) W2

Data Engineer with AI & Kubernetes

Location: Columbus, OH – 100% Onsite (5 Days/Week) Type: Contract-to-Hire Experience: 11+ Years (OPT: Minimum 8+ Years)

Visa: Visa Independent Preferred (OPT-EAD acceptable)

Preferred Skills

- Experience with Airflow or workflow orchestration tools

- Experience with Kafka/Kinesis or streaming platforms

Required Skills

- Strong experience in Python for data processing and pipelines

- Hands-on experience with Apache Spark (PySpark preferred)

- Experience with AWS services (S3, Glue, EMR, Redshift, Athena, Lambda)

- Strong SQL skills and database experience

- Experience with ETL frameworks and data warehousing concepts

- Experience working with large-scale distributed data systems

- Experience with CI/CD and Git

- Strong communication and problem-solving skills