About this role
Salary: £56,000 - 85,000 per year
Requirements: Significant hands-on experience as a Data Engineer, ideally within complex enterprise environmentsStrong experience designing and delivering data solutions on AWSStrong knowledge of AWS data services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Redshift and EMR, with experience selecting the appropriate services for different requirementsStrong Python and SQL skillsExperience designing and building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data processing workflowsGood understanding of data modelling, data lakes, data warehouses and modern data platform architecturesExperience with infrastructure-as-code, ideally TerraformExperience with CI/CD and automated testing for data engineering workloadsGood understanding of data security, governance, access control and data qualityExperience making technical design decisions and providing engineering leadership within multidisciplinary teamsStrong troubleshooting and problem-solving skillsConfidence working directly with clients and communicating technical concepts, decisions and recommendationsExperience supporting and mentoring other engineersCurrent SC clearance is required due to the nature and timescales of our client engagements.AWS certification at Associate or Professional levelExperience with streaming and event-driven data technologiesExperience with technologies such as Spark, Kafka or DatabricksExperience delivering data platforms within public sector, defence or other regulated environmentsExperience working within secure environments and understanding associated security and assurance requirementsExposure to machine learning or AI workloads and the data platforms that support them Responsibilities: Design, build and maintain scalable data platforms and data pipelines within AWSDevelop robust ETL/ELT processes for ingesting, transforming and processing data from multiple sourcesDesign and implement data solutions using AWS services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Redshift, EMR and related technologiesDesign data models and storage approaches appropriate to analytical and operational requirementsDevelop solutions using Python, SQL and modern data engineering frameworksApply infrastructure-as-code and automation approaches to the deployment and management of data platformsBuild data quality, validation, monitoring and observability into engineering solutionsEnsure security, governance and data protection requirements are considered throughout solution design and deliveryWork with architects, cloud engineers, security specialists and other SMEs to ensure solutions integrate effectively across the wider technology landscapeEngage with clients and technical stakeholders to understand requirements, explain technical decisions and provide recommendationsTroubleshoot complex data, performance and integration issues across development and production environmentsDefine and promote data engineering standards, reusable patterns and best practicesMentor and support other engineers, encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous improvement Technologies: AIAWSLambdaRedshiftCI/CDCloudDatabricksETLSupportKafkaMachine LearningPythonSQLSecuritySparkTerraform More:
We are seeking experienced Senior AWS Data Engineers for permanent or contract opportunities. This role offers a permanent salary of £50,000 - £85,000 or a contract rate of £400.00 inside IR35. We work closely with architects, engineers, security specialists and client teams to deliver modern, secure and maintainable data solutions, and we value engineering standards, reusable patterns and the development of our team.
last updated 38 week of 2026