Core Platform Engineer

Core Platform EngineerCharlotte , North CarolinaHybridContract$78/hr - $90/hrOutstanding contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Core Platform Engineer in Charlotte, NC or Iselin, NJ.Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.Contract Duration: 24 MonthsPrimary Role: Build and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure and services.What You Will Be Doing Support a highly available and scalable infrastructure containing Object storage, Openshift, Spark, Iceberg, Yunikorn, TrinoMonitor for configuration drift and enforce infrastructure policies. Configure and monitor Big Data ecosystem components with various BI tools, observability tools etc Build automated regression and performance test suite to ensure health checks of all components of the platform Monitor system health and enforce runtime policies Implement and manage security protocols, including Oauth authentication, TLS encryption, and role-based access control (RBAC). Conduct regular maintenance, including cluster scaling, perform regular security audits. Required SkillsProgramming & Scripting Languages : Python, Bash, Shell, SQL, Java (basic), Scala (for big data, good to have) Automation & Scripting : Python scripting for automation, Linux shell scripting Operating Systems & Containers System programing, performance tuning, networking OCP, Kubernetes (K8s), Helm, Terraform, container orchestration and deployment Big Data & Data Engineering Frameworks : NexusOne, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Trino, Iceberg ETL Tools : Apache Airflow, NiFi (good to have) Data Pipelines : Batch and streaming (Kafka, Flink) Object Storage : S3, NetApp StorageGrid Data Formats : Parquet/Avro, ORC, JSON, CSV AI/ML & MTC (Model Training & Consumption) (Nice to have) Frameworks or LLM modeling Model Ops : MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker Data Science : Feature engineering, model deployment, inference pipelines Security & Access Control Access Models : RBAC (Role-Based Access Control), ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control) Data Protection : Encryption at rest and in transit, TLS/SSL, KMS (Key Management Services) Compliance : GDPR, HIPAA (if applicable), IAM policies System Design & Architecture (good to have, at least at a conceptual level) Design Principles : Microservices, Event-driven architecture, Serverless Scalability : Load balancing, caching (Redis, Memcached), horizontal scaling High Availability : Failover strategies, disaster recovery, monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana) You will receive the following benefits: Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family Dental & Orthodontia Benefits Vision Benefits Health Savings Account (HSA) Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance Hospital Indemnity Insurance 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options Paid Sick Time Leave Legal and Identity Protection Plans Pre-tax Commuter Benefit 529 College Saver Plan Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.Specialization: Data Engineering

Created: 2026-03-04