Senior Data Platform / Airflow Engineer

Role description

• Design, build, and operate large-scale data platforms powered by Apache Airflow
• Manage and optimize hundreds to thousands of DAGs with high task throughput
• Drive platform reliability, scalability, and performance improvements
• Own end-to-end lifecycle: deployment, monitoring, incident response, and roadmap execution
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable robust, secure, and efficient data workflows

• Strong hands-on experience with DAG design, testing & idempotency
• Deep knowledge of sensors, deferrable operators, dynamic task mapping, SLAs, retries, backfills
• Experience with cross-DAG dependencies, task groups, datasets, pools, and queues

• Experience running Airflow on Kubernetes (Helm, autoscaling, tuning)
• Understanding of network policies, PDBs, and deployment strategies (blue-green / canary)
• Automation-first mindset with Terraform, Helm, GitOps (Argo CD / Flux), CI/CD

• Strong Python skills for DAGs, operators, and utilities
• Familiarity with Bash; exposure to Go or Java is a plus

• Hands-on with Prometheus, Grafana, StatsD, and logging systems
• Experience with capacity planning, performance tuning, and reliability practices

• Experience with Azure (preferred) or any major cloud
• Exposure to Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, Spark, EMR/Dataproc
• Solid understanding of IAM, VPC networking, and storage (S3/GCS/ADLS)

• Knowledge of SSO/OIDC, RBAC, secrets management (Vault/Secrets Manager)
• Strong focus on auditing, least privilege, and governance

Skills

Mandatory Skills :

Airflow advanced DAG design dynamic task mapping deferrable operators SLAs backfills crossDAG dependencies Kubernetes Helm autoscaling podnode tuning network policies PDBs canarybluegreen deployments Python operatorshooks development Terraform GitOps Argo CDFlux CICD Observability Prometheus Grafana logging ing Cloud Data Platforms AWSAzureGCP SnowflakeBigQueryRedshift SparkDatabricks EMRDataproc Security IAM RBAC OIDCSSO VaultSecrets Manager SRE Incident Management Bash scripting

Other details

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, performance and internal equity.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with LTIMindtree (“LTIM”):

Benefits and Perks:

• Comprehensive Medical Plan Covering Medical, Dental, Vision
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) Plan with Company match
• Life Insurance
• Vacation Time, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave

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Disclaimer: The compensation and benefits information provided herein is accurate as of the date of this posting.

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Benefits
Compensation range: $52,190.00 to $104,183.00 per year
About LTM
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