Position: Principal Data Engineer | Direct Hire Permanent<br>Location: Remote<br>Salary: $225,000 - 300,000 base plus bonus potential<br>*** For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. ***<br><br>Build the data foundation that powers analytics, AI, and enterprise decision-making.<br>We’re hiring a Principal Data Engineer to design and deliver a modern, scalable data platform from the ground up. This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you’ll lead architecture decisions, build production-grade pipelines, and enable secure, multi-tenant data capabilities that support everything from reporting to advanced AI use cases.<br><br>What You’ll Own<br> • Design and build a modern data platform across ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption<br> • Develop scalable batch and real-time pipelines across diverse data sources (relational, event, document)<br> • Establish data architecture standards, modeling practices, and engineering frameworks<br> • Create secure, multi-tenant data environments with strong governance and access controls<br> • Build data models and serving layers for reporting, self-service analytics, and AI workloads<br> • Evaluate and implement cloud data technologies for performance, cost, and scalability<br> • Partner with engineering and business leaders to align data strategy with company priorities<br> • Guide vendors and external partners while enforcing internal data standards and quality<br><br>What You Bring<br> • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, including large-scale architecture ownership<br> • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with tools like Spark, Kafka, or similar<br> • Expertise building batch and streaming pipelines in cloud environments (AWS preferred)<br> • Deep knowledge of data modeling for both transactional and analytical systems<br> • Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Redshift, or modern data platforms<br> • Strong understanding of data governance, privacy, and secure data design<br> • Experience with ETL frameworks, testing, and CI/CD-driven data workflows<br> • Ability to clearly communicate technical strategy and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders<br><br>Why This Role<br> • Architect and build a next-generation data platform from foundational level<br> • Direct impact on analytics, product insights, and AI capabilities<br> • High ownership, visibility, and influence across engineering and leadership<br> • Opportunity to define standards, tooling, and long-term data strategy<br><br>If you’re a hands-on data engineer who enjoys building scalable platforms and shaping how data is leveraged across an organization, this is a high-impact opportunity to lead from the front.
Principal Platform Engineer | Direct Hire Permanent<br>Location: Remote<br>Salary: $250,000-$300,000 Base + Bonus Potential<br>For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page.<br>Build the Engineering Platform That Powers Scale, Security, and AI Innovation<br>We are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the architecture, automation, and standardization of a modern cloud platform supporting enterprise-scale software delivery, cloud operations, and emerging AI capabilities.<br>This is a newly created, high-impact leadership role for a hands-on platform engineering expert who thrives at the intersection of cloud architecture, DevSecOps, developer experience, automation, and reliability engineering. You'll help define how engineering teams build, deploy, secure, and operate software across the organization.<br>What You'll Own<br> • Define and execute a platform engineering strategy that improves developer productivity, consistency, and operational resilience<br> • Architect and scale enterprise-grade CI/CD platforms that accelerate delivery while reducing operational risk<br> • Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform with reusable, standardized modules<br> • Embed security throughout the engineering lifecycle through automated guardrails, policy-as-code, secrets management, and governance controls<br> • Advance deployment automation, progressive delivery practices, and rapid recovery capabilities<br> • Build observability strategies across distributed applications, microservices, and cloud-native environments<br> • Strengthen AWS cloud operations through improved IAM, networking, governance, and runtime visibility<br> • Establish engineering standards and platform best practices across multiple development teams and external partners<br>What You'll Bring<br> • 10+ years of Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering experience<br> • Proven success operating and scaling complex production CI/CD ecosystems<br> • Deep hands-on expertise with Terraform and modern Infrastructure as Code practices<br> • Strong background in DevSecOps, security automation, compliance, policy enforcement, and vulnerability management<br> • Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, and operational excellence across distributed systems<br> • Advanced knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, IAM, networking, cloud architecture, and platform operations<br> • Strong understanding of software delivery, developer tooling, release management, and operational metrics such as reliability and MTTR<br> • Ability to influence technical direction, establish enterprise standards, and communicate effectively with engineering leadership and executive stakeholders<br>Why This Opportunity<br> • Strategic new role with significant influence on platform and engineering strategy<br> • Opportunity to build and mature a modern, AI-ready cloud platform<br> • Highly visible position partnering with senior engineering and business leaders<br> • Blend of architecture, hands-on engineering, and enterprise-wide technical leadership<br> • Direct impact on scalability, security, developer experience, and operational excellence<br> • Remote opportunity with exceptional compensation and bonus potential<br>If you're a platform engineering leader who enjoys building standardized, scalable, and secure cloud environments while shaping the future of engineering delivery, we'd love to connect.
We are looking for a DevOps/AWS Platform Engineer to join a long-term contract engagement based in West Des Moines, Iowa. This hands-on platform engineering role focuses on modernizing cloud deployment patterns, strengthening infrastructure decisions, and accelerating delivery through AI-assisted development tools while maintaining high engineering standards. The person in this role will partner closely with DevOps peers to review automated changes critically, validate outcomes through established testing methods, and build reliable, reusable deployment capabilities across the AWS ecosystem.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Redesign container build and publication processes so application images can be delivered through Amazon ECR and GitHub package repositories in alignment with target platform needs.<br>• Rework deployment automation to support containerized workloads on AWS Fargate, including service definitions, networking, permissions, logging, load balancing, and release verification using existing GitHub Actions workflows.<br>• Replace Azure-based identity and access patterns with AWS-native role design and federated access models integrated with organizational authentication groups.<br>• Transition secrets and configuration management to AWS services such as Secrets Manager and Parameter Store to support secure runtime access.<br>• Convert Terraform configurations from Azure-focused implementations to AWS-based infrastructure modules, including updates to providers, reusable components, and remote state management.<br>• Update GitHub Actions pipelines, runners, and reusable workflows to align with the target GitHub organization and AWS account trust relationships.<br>• Create and refine deployment pipelines that enable reusable delivery into AWS Fargate environments for the applications and tools supported by this platform.<br>• Adapt scripts, instructions, and developer tooling so they operate consistently inside Ubuntu-based Coder workspaces, including environment setup, credentials handling, and workflow expectations.<br>• Use AI-assisted coding tools to speed implementation, while independently inspecting, testing, and validating every change before release.<br>• Produce validation evidence for migrated capabilities using the existing evaluation framework and prepare concise handoff documentation for internal engineering teams.
<p><strong>Position: Platform Engineer - SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Remote</strong></p><p><strong>Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 base + bonus + excellent benefits</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Join a High-Impact SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Transformation</strong></p><p>We’re partnering with a growing enterprise undergoing a <strong>full transformation from a 30+ year legacy ERP to SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud</strong>. This is a <strong>greenfield, high-visibility role</strong> where you’ll own the environment post go-live and play a critical role in long-term success.</p><p><strong>This is not an ECC role.</strong></p><p><strong>SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud experience is required.</strong></p><p><strong>Candidates without SAP Public Cloud experience will not be considered.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>What You’ll Own</strong></p><ul><li><strong>SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud administration</strong> across multiple tenants (Dev/Test/Prod)</li><li><strong>Identity & Access Management (IAM)</strong> using IAS/CIS (not SU01)</li><li><strong>Transport & Change Management</strong> (sequencing, governance, risk mitigation)</li><li><strong>Landscape / tenant administration</strong> within SAP Public Cloud</li><li>Security design including <strong>role catalogs and FUE licensing optimization</strong></li></ul><p><strong>What Makes You a Fit</strong></p><ul><li>Proven, hands-on <strong>SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud experience (must have)</strong></li><li>Strong background in:</li><li>IAM (IAS, IPS, SSO, provisioning workflows)</li><li>Multi-tenant SAP Public Cloud environments</li><li>Transport management and release sequencing</li><li>Experience supporting <strong>go-live or post-go-live environments</strong></li><li>Strong communication skills in a fast-paced, transformation-driven environment</li></ul><p> <strong>Not a Fit If You Have</strong></p><ul><li>SAP ECC or on-prem experience only</li><li>No exposure to <strong>SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud</strong></li><li>Primarily functional or analyst background</li></ul><p> <strong>Why This Role Stands Out</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Greenfield SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementation</strong></li><li>Direct partnership with <strong>SAP Services</strong></li><li>Highly visible role as the <strong>technical right hand to leadership</strong></li><li>Enterprise scale with a <strong>startup-like transformation environment</strong></li><li>Long-term ownership post go-live</li></ul><p><strong>*** For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. Also, you may contact me by office: 515-303-4654 or mobile: 515-771-8142. Or one click apply on our Robert Half website. No third party inquiries please. Our client cannot provide sponsorship and cannot hire C2C. *** </strong></p>