SC Cleared Data Engineer - AWS
Posted Today by 1774453608
£525 Per day
Outside
Undetermined
London
Summary: The role of Data Engineer requires an SC Cleared professional to work in a dynamic environment focused on large-scale data solutions. The position involves designing, building, and optimizing data platforms within a cloud ecosystem, specifically AWS. The engineer will tackle complex data challenges and collaborate with various teams to ensure high data quality and integrity. This is a 5-month contract position with a competitive daily rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data engineering solutions
- Build and optimise batch and streaming data pipelines to support business-critical use cases
- Work with large, complex datasets, ensuring high levels of data quality, integrity, and availability
- Develop and manage data models, schemas, and database structures
- Deploy and manage cloud-based data infrastructure within AWS
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including analysts, architects, and stakeholders to deliver data solutions aligned with business needs
- Ensure a strong documentation-first approach, producing clear and maintainable technical documentation
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve data workflows and system performance
Key Skills:
- Strong grounding in data engineering principles, patterns, and best practices
- Proven experience with database design and management
- Hands-on experience building data pipelines (both batch and streaming)
- Strong experience working within AWS environments, including: S3, Athena, Lambda, Glue, CloudWatch, EC2, MSK
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Advanced SQL skills and experience handling large-scale datasets
Salary (Rate): £525 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Data Engineer - SC Cleared | Outside IR35 | £525/day | 5-Month Contract
We are currently seeking a highly capable Data Engineer to join a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment working on large-scale, data-driven solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex data challenges within a modern cloud ecosystem, contributing to the design, build, and optimisation of robust data platforms.
Contract Overview:
- Duration: 5 months (with potential for extension)
- Rate: Up to £525 per day
- IR35 Status: Outside IR35
- Clearance: Active SC Clearance is essential
Role Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data engineering solutions
- Build and optimise batch and streaming data pipelines to support business-critical use cases
- Work with large, complex datasets, ensuring high levels of data quality, integrity, and availability
- Develop and manage data models, schemas, and database structures
- Deploy and manage cloud-based data infrastructure within AWS
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including analysts, architects, and stakeholders to deliver data solutions aligned with business needs
- Ensure a strong documentation-first approach, producing clear and maintainable technical documentation
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve data workflows and system performance
Technical Skills & Experience Required:
- Strong grounding in data engineering principles, patterns, and best practices
- Proven experience with database design and management
- Hands-on experience building data pipelines (both batch and streaming)
- Strong experience working within AWS environments, including:
- S3, Athena, Lambda, Glue, CloudWatch, EC2, MSK
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Advanced SQL skills and experience handling large-scale datasets
Personal Attributes:
- Proactive and highly organised, with the ability to manage workload effectively
- Strong collaborator, comfortable working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- A natural problem solver, particularly when working with complex data challenges
- Adaptable and versatile, willing to contribute across different areas as required
Reasonable Adjustments:
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