Data Platform Engineer - Cloud
Velocity Talent
York, United Kingdom
yesterday
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 80KJob location
York, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
Information Engineering
Data Infrastructure
ETL
Data Security
DevOps
Identity and Access Management
Python
Standard Sql
SQL Databases
Data Processing
Cloud Platform System
GIT
SC Clearance
Data Lake
PySpark
Semi-structured Data
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Terraform
Data Pipelines
Databricks
Job description
- Support the migration of data pipelines, notebooks, and data processing workloads between cloud environments
- Analyse existing data engineering solutions and identify migration requirements
- Develop and maintain data processing pipelines using modern cloud data platform technologies
- Support testing, validation, and reconciliation of migrated datasets
- Work with structured and semi-structured data stored in cloud environments
- Troubleshoot and resolve data processing issues across development, test, and production environments
- Support the operation and enhancement of cloud-based data platforms
- Assist with onboarding datasets, users, and workloads onto target platforms
- Collaborate with platform and architecture teams to implement scalable data solutions
- Support platform optimisation, monitoring, and operational readiness activities
- Develop and maintain Terraform code supporting data platform deployments
- Support deployment of data platform components, jobs, permissions, and environment configurations
- Assist with automation of deployment and release processes
- Maintain infrastructure consistency across environments
- Support cloud migration initiatives and platform transformation programmes
- Contribute to platform standards, engineering practices, and reusable deployment patterns
- Produce technical documentation and implementation guides
Technologies:
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Databricks
- DevOps
- ETL
- Git
- IAM
- Support
- Python
- PySpark
- SQL
- Terraform
- Security, We are hiring a Senior Data Platform Engineer for a hybrid role based in Leeds or London, working three days a week on a major cloud data modernisation programme. You will help migrate legacy Databricks pipelines and workloads to a modern AWS infrastructure, building automated, large-scale data solutions that secure and transform critical healthcare data assets. The salary is £70,000 to £80,000 plus depending on experience. This role requires SC clearance or eligibility, and candidates must be able to meet UK sponsorship and residency requirements for SC clearance.
Requirements
- 5+ years of data engineering experience
- Experience delivering cloud-based data platforms
- Experience supporting migration of data workloads between environments
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Experience working within regulated or enterprise-scale environments
- Strong skills in Python, PySpark, SQL, data pipeline development, ETL/ELT design, data modelling fundamentals, and data quality/validation
- Experience with AWS, S3, IAM, and cloud-based data platforms
- Experience with Terraform, infrastructure automation, and Git
- Understanding of CI/CD concepts, Agile delivery, and DevOps principles
- Desirable: Databricks, Palantir Foundry, Foundry Pipeline Builder, ontology concepts, Delta Lake, healthcare or NHS data experience, Secure Data Environment experience, and cloud migration programmes
- SC Clearance or eligibility is mandatory
- UK citizen or have the right to work in the UK and have resided in the UK for at least 5 years