Contract
Initial 6-month contract
£400–450 per day
Active SC clearance is essential. Unfortunately, SC eligibility alone cannot be considered. No visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Our client is a major technology and transformation services organisation delivering large-scale digital and data programmes within the UK public sector.
They are seeking an AWS Data Platform Engineer to support the development, integration, automation, and ongoing operation of secure cloud-based data platforms within a highly regulated government environment.
This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone who combines strong AWS platform capability with modern data engineering experience and a solid understanding of DevOps, automation, and secure delivery practices.
The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering and integration teams to build scalable, secure, and automated data platform solutions.
Build, support, and optimise cloud-native data platform solutions within AWS
Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
Support data engineering workloads using Python, Apache Spark, Airflow, and Jupyter notebooks
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
Deploy and manage containerised solutions using Docker
Work closely with integration teams across complex government technology environments
Implement and maintain security controls, scanning agents, and secure engineering practices
Support platform reliability, automation, monitoring, and operational improvements
Collaborate with architects, engineers, DevOps teams, and stakeholders across the programme
Contribute to technical documentation, standards, and engineering best practice
Active SC clearance
Strong AWS engineering experience across cloud-native services
Commercial experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation
Strong Python development skills
Experience with Apache Spark and large-scale data processing
Experience with Apache Airflow workflows and orchestration
Experience working with Jupyter notebooks
Docker and containerisation experience
Experience using GitLab and CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of secure engineering practices and security tooling/scanning
Experience working within complex enterprise or government environments
Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills
Experience working within UK central government environments
Experience integrating with shared government platforms and integration services
Exposure to platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps practices
Experience working within agile delivery teams
Knowledge of data governance and cloud security best practices
We are looking for pragmatic, delivery-focused engineers who are comfortable operating across both platform and data engineering domains. This role would suit someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges within large-scale cloud and data environments and who can work effectively within secure, highly regulated programmes.
