AWS Data Engineer - 6 Months + Ext - £400day Outside IR35
Posted 4 days ago by 1763713339
£400 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
City of London, London
Summary: The AWS Data Engineer role involves joining a data and analytics team to design, develop, and optimize large-scale data solutions in a cloud environment. The position focuses on creating scalable data pipelines and architectures using AWS services, contributing to high-impact projects that drive strategic business decisions. This contract offers a hybrid working arrangement with one day per week onsite in Central London. The role is outside IR35, with a competitive daily rate of up to £400.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures within the AWS ecosystem
- Leverage services such as AWS Glue, Lambda, Redshift, EMR and S3 to support data ingestion, transformation and storage
- Work closely with data analysts, architects and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
- Implement and optimise ETL/ELT processes, ensuring data integrity, consistency and quality across multiple sources
- Apply best practices in data modelling, version control, and CI/CD to deliver maintainable and reusable code
- Monitor data performance and reliability, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and scalability
- Support the integration of data from diverse systems, including APIs and third-party platforms, into a unified architecture
- Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy and security policies throughout all stages of development
- Collaborate in an Agile environment, contributing to sprint planning, peer reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
Key Skills:
- Extensive hands-on experience with AWS data services
- Strong programming skills in Python (including libraries such as PySpark or Pandas)
- Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing and architecture design within cloud environments
- Experience building and managing ETL/ELT workflows and data pipelines at scale
- Proficiency with SQL and working knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
- Experience deploying data infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines for data engineering solutions
- Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to work both independently and collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams
Salary (Rate): £400 per day
City: Central London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
AWS Data Engineer
Rate: Up to £400 per day (Outside IR35)
Contract Length: 6 Months (with strong potential for extension)
Location: Hybrid - 1 day per week onsite in Central London
A leading organisation is seeking an experienced AWS Data Engineer to join their data and analytics team, contributing to the design, development and optimisation of large-scale data solutions within a modern cloud environment. This contract offers the opportunity to work on high-impact projects, delivering data platforms and pipelines that drive real-time insights and strategic business decisions.
Responsibilities for the AWS Data Engineer:
- Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures within the AWS ecosystem
- Leverage services such as AWS Glue, Lambda, Redshift, EMR and S3 to support data ingestion, transformation and storage
- Work closely with data analysts, architects and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
- Implement and optimise ETL/ELT processes, ensuring data integrity, consistency and quality across multiple sources
- Apply best practices in data modelling, version control, and CI/CD to deliver maintainable and reusable code
- Monitor data performance and reliability, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and scalability
- Support the integration of data from diverse systems, including APIs and third-party platforms, into a unified architecture
- Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy and security policies throughout all stages of development
- Collaborate in an Agile environment, contributing to sprint planning, peer reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
Essential Skills for the AWS Data Engineer:
- Extensive hands-on experience with AWS data services
- Strong programming skills in Python (including libraries such as PySpark or Pandas)
- Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing and architecture design within cloud environments
- Experience building and managing ETL/ELT workflows and data pipelines at scale
- Proficiency with SQL and working knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
- Experience deploying data infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines for data engineering solutions
- Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to work both independently and collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable Skills for the AWS Data Engineer:
- Experience with Databricks, Kafka, or Kinesis for real-time data streaming
- Knowledge of containerisation (Docker, ECS) and modern orchestration tools such as Airflow
- Familiarity with machine learning model deployment pipelines or data lakehouse architectures
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