138807 - Senior Data Platform Engineer
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Can you do this job from Nigeria?
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You can apply from Nigeria. The listing names Nigeria directly.
- Where it can be done from
- 12 countries, including NigeriaPosting says: “Remote - 22 countries”
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Nigeria, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Poland, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, South Africa
- Working hours in Lagos
- No hours requirement stated“Full U.S. Central Standard Time coverage (UTC-6) is required.”
- Pay
- Not posted
- Hinted in the posting
- contractor
Read from the listing itself, not guessed. “Remote” does not always mean any country, so confirm with the recruiter.
About the role
The company is migrating a large scale data platform to modern AWS based infrastructure and seeks a hands on engineer to own migration, reliability, and platform operations across Snowflake, Confluent/Kafka, and AWS.
What you'll do
- Migrate data platform workloads from legacy environments to AWS based infrastructure
- Support connectivity, deployment, and operational prerequisites for workloads moving to AWS us east 2
- Operate and migrate Snowflake, Confluent/Kafka, and related data platform infrastructure across development, stage, and production
- Deliver infrastructure changes using Terraform or similar IaC practices, GitLab, monitoring, and documented change processes
- Troubleshoot production issues, participate in incident response, testing, and runbook creation
- Coordinate migration work and technical dependencies across platform, data, and consuming teams
What they're looking for
- 3+ years of senior level, hands on production data platform engineering experience with platform or DevOps orientation
- Strong Python, Bash, and SQL skills
- Production experience with Snowflake, Confluent/Kafka, and AWS with either Snowflake and AWS depth or Kafka and AWS depth
- Experience operating or migrating production systems across development, stage, and production environments
- Strong troubleshooting, incident response, testing, documentation, and cross team communication skills
- Experience with least privileged access, change control, secrets handling, and secure operations
For applicants in Nigeria
- The listing specifies eligibility and based in eligible EMEA country, remote contract engagement for 45 hours per week; Nigeria is listed in the location scope, so eligibility appears supported
- The listing requires full U.S. Central Standard Time coverage (UTC-6); confirm timezone alignment before interviewing
- Contractual engagement, not currently contract to hire
- Pay currency not specified; not stated in text
Source: Himalayas
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