AWS Data Platform Engineer

AWS Cloud Data Engineer
UK Remote | £60-85K Perm | Active eSC Clearance

Role Overview
Experienced Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and optimise cloud data infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using native cloud services, IaC, orchestration for enterprise data operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision/manage AWS data services: S3, Redshift, Athena, Glue, Lambda, Batch

• Implement Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Manage Apache Airflow orchestration workflows

• Support GitLab CI/CD pipelines + Docker containerisation

• Monitor S3 security scanning, access patterns, data ingress/egress

• Support disaster recovery, performance optimisation for data engineering workflows

• Collaborate with Data Engineering, SRE, Security teams

• Troubleshoot incidents + maintain RBAC controls

Technical Environment
Core Services: S3, Redshift, OpenSearch, Athena, Lambda, Glue, Batch, Step Functions, SQS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EMR
Automation: Terraform IaC, Airflow DAGs, GitLab CI/CD (YAML), Docker
Security: IAM policies, RBAC, VPC networking
Scripting: Python, SQL, Bash

Essential Requirements

• Hands-on AWS data services (S3/Redshift/Athena/Glue/Lambda)

• Terraform IaC implementation

• Airflow orchestration/monitoring

• GitLab/GitHub Actions CI/CD + Docker

• Python/SQL/Bash automation

• AWS security best practices (IAM/RBAC/VPC)

• Disaster recovery/backup experience

• ACTIVE eSC clearance mandatory

Desirable

• AWS Neptune, EKS experience

• Jira Service Desk, Confluence documentation

• Data engineering support background

• Consulting delivery experience

Soft Skills
Strong problem-solving, Agile delivery, stakeholder collaboration, technical communication.