Data Engineer

Are you an experienced Data Engineer with a strong background in ETL development, AWS, and enterprise data platforms? We are looking for a skilled contractor to join a high-profile programme, supporting the ongoing operation, maintenance, and enhancement of a critical data platform.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a complex technical environment, playing a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of business-critical data services. What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting live production data services and platform operations.
• Investigating and resolving incidents, ensuring rapid service restoration.
• Identifying recurring issues and implementing long-term solutions.
• Maintaining and enhancing ETL processes and data integration workflows.
• Working closely with service delivery, project, and operational teams.
• Managing incidents, problems, and change requests through established ITSM processes.
• Contributing to platform documentation, knowledge sharing, and operational improvements.
• Supporting deployment activities and ensuring smooth transitions into service.

Essential Skills

• Strong experience with Pentaho Data Integration (PDI)
• Experience using Berlin Job Scheduler
• ETL pipeline development and support
• Oracle database experience
• Strong SQL development and troubleshooting skills
• AWS experience, including:

• Redshift
• EC2
• S3

• GitLab
• Jenkins
• Linux
• MySQL
• Confluence
• ServiceNow (Incidents, Problems, and RFCs)

Desirable Skills

• Experience with other ETL tools such as Talend
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Experience with multi-stage deployment pipelines
• Strong Git version control knowledge
• Wider AWS cloud services experience