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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior AWS Data Platform Engineer - **Company:** Microlise - **Location:** Langley Mill, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £55,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Foundry, Encodings, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Dataspaces, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, AWS Cdk, Delivery Pipeline, Data Analytics, AWS Data Analytics, Data Management, Terraform - **Published:** July 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2857092025-2 ## About the Role Strong experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering or DevOps within data-driven environments - Hands-on expertise in AWS, infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines - Experience building secure, scalable cloud environments - A solid understanding of data platforms, pipelines or analytics ecosystems - A mindset focused on reliability, observability and continuous improvement Technical skills: - AWS (compute, storage, IAM, networking) - Terraform and/or AWS CDK - CI/CD tooling and pipeline engineering - Observability, monitoring and operational tooling - SQL and strong systems thinking Desirable skills: - Lakehouse technologies (e.g. S3 / Iceberg) - Experience in regulated or data-sensitive environments - Multi-account or multi-tenant cloud architecture exposure ## Description We re looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract, to play a pivotal role in shaping and operating our next-generation data platform. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Microlise One Analytics & AI platform, where you ll help build a secure, scalable and governed data ecosystem that powers analytics, AI, and business-critical insights across the organisation. You ll blend platform engineering, cloud DevOps, and data governance, ensuring our platform is not only high-performing, but also compliant, reliable, and cost-efficient. Be part of a high-impact data and AI transformation programme, work on a modern, cloud-native platform with real business impact, influence how data, analytics and AI are delivered across the organisation, and collaborate with cross-functional engineering and data teams. What you ll be doing * Designing, building and operating our AWS-based data platform using infrastructure as code * Creating and managing CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, controlled deployments * Supporting modern Lakehouse architecture, ingestion, processing and data serving layers * Embedding security, governance and compliance controls across the platform * Driving platform observability, monitoring, and performance optimisation * Owning aspects of cost management (FinOps) and platform efficiency * Collaborating with Data Engineers, Analytics & AI teams to deliver trusted data products ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Building Reliable Serverless Applications with AWS CDK and Testing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/812-building-reliable-serverless-applications-with-aws-cdk-and-testing) - [30 powerful AWS hacks in just 30 minutes: Boost your developer productivity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1624-30-powerful-aws-hacks-in-just-30-minutes-boost-your-developer-productivity) - [The power of Cloud Development Kit (CDK): How to get the most out of it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/740-the-power-of-cloud-development-kit-cdk-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-it) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [MLops – Deploying, Maintaining And Evolving Machine Learning Models in Production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/115-mlops-deploying-maintaining-and-evolving-machine-learning-models-in-production) - [Dev Digest 162: AI careers, MCP, AWS best practices & floppy sweaters](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/571-dev-digest-162-ai-careers-mcp-aws-best-practices-floppy-sweaters) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023)