Lead Data Platform Engineer

About

Indotronix is seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer in Dallas, TX, and multiple client tech hubs for our direct client.

Position Details

• Position Title: Lead Data Platform Engineer
• Position Location: Dallas, TX, Open to all tech hubs
• Remote/Onsite: When on contract: remote, If converted: Onsite 5 days a week
• Acceptable time zone(s): EST
• Days of the week: M-F
• Working Hours: 8 AM-5 PM EST
• Duration: Contract to hire

Industry Background

• DevOps Engineering with a background in CI/CD Pipeline Integration

Roles and Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design, build, deploy, and operate containerized data workloads supporting Apache Iceberg–based lakehouse architectures.

This role focuses on engineering and operating data platform runtimes (Spark, Trino, Airflow) deployed on Red Hat OpenShift, partnering closely with platform, security, and infrastructure teams while remaining primarily focused on data workload enablement, not OpenShift administration.

This is a hands-on senior role for an engineer comfortable owning production-grade data pipelines, query engines, and orchestration platforms in containerized enterprise environments.

Must Have Technical Skills

• Apache Iceberg (at least 5 yrs)
• CI/CD Pipeline Integration
• Image Creation of open-source tools
• Apache Spark
• Trino/Presto
• Apache Airflow
• Docker
• Helm
• OpenShift/ Kubernetes
• Python
• SQL

Soft Skills

• Provide updates
• Follow-up
• Provide Feedback
• Written and verbal communication
• Leader
• Self-starter
• Driven

Education/Certifications

• N/A

Interview Process

• First interview with the manager and lead
• Second interview with upper-level management if needed.