AWS Data Platform Expert Engineer

Job Title: AWS Data Platform Expert Engineer
Location: London
Salary/Rate: £500 daily inside IR35
Start Date: 13/04/2026
Job Type: 3-month contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our biggest clients within the manufacturing sector! They are currently looking for a skilled Data Platform Expert Engineer to join their team for a three-month contract.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

Required Experience

• Proven experience as a Data Platform Architect, Data Architect, or Lead Data Engineer / Architect in enterprise-scale environments
• Strong hands-on architecture experience on AWS
• Deep knowledge of:
• Amazon S3
• Amazon Redshift
• AWS Glue
• Glue Catalog
• Kinesis
• IAM
• KMS
• CloudWatch
• Strong experience with dbt and SQL-based transformation design
• Experience designing data platforms supporting both BI/reporting and advanced analytics
• Experience with Airflow or equivalent enterprise orchestration tools
• Strong understanding of RBAC, enterprise identity integration, and secure data access
• Experience with CI/CD and DataOps practices for cloud platforms
• Ability to define architecture for ingestion from heterogeneous enterprise systems
• Strong stakeholder engagement and design governance skills

Key Responsibilities

• Define the target-state architecture for the AWS data platform.
• Lead the design of ingestion patterns for structured and semi-structured data from enterprise source systems.
• Establish the architecture for landing data into S3 and transforming curated data into Redshift using dbt.
• Define data processing standards, including layering, transformation patterns, reusable models, and data quality controls.
• Design metadata, cataloguing, and discoverability capabilities using Glue Catalog.
• Shape the consumption architecture for:
• Power BI reporting
• Python/Athena-based analytics
• API-based data access
• Define orchestration patterns using Airflow for enterprise scheduling and dependency management.
• Establish platform security architecture covering RBAC, IAM, key management, and enterprise identity integration.
• Define DataOps and platform operations patterns including monitoring, logging, CI/CD, release management, and cost visibility.
• Work with engineering teams to translate solution architecture into implementation-ready designs.
• Support environment strategy across dev, test/pre-prod, and production.
• Provide architecture governance, design assurance, and technical leadership through delivery.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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