Cloud Data Engineer

Hays plc
London, UK
11 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£182,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Airflow Amazon Web Services Cloud Database Continuous Integration Information Engineering Data Infrastructure Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Warehousing Python (Programming Language) Scrum Methodology Standard Sql
+5 more
Snowflake Gitlab Data Management Cloud Migration Data Pipelines

Job description

London (Hybrid) | 12-Month Contract | Up to £700/day Inside IR35We’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join a major cloud transformation programme, helping build a next-generation, cloud-native data platform from the ground up. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale data engineering challenges, modernising legacy environments and delivering robust, scalable data solutions that support critical business functions. You’ll collaborate with engineering, architecture and business teams to shape a modern analytics ecosystem and drive best practice across data engineering, automation and delivery. What You’ll Be Doing

  • Designing and building scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines
  • Developing cloud-native data solutions on AWS and Snowflake
  • Supporting the migration of legacy data platforms to the cloud
  • Implementing data models and data warehousing solutions
  • Contributing to CI/CD, automation and engineering best practices
  • Working closely with stakeholders in an Agile environment

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, AWS, Python and SQL
  • Proven background in Data Engineering and Data Warehousing
  • Experience with dbt and Airflow
  • Building and supporting enterprise-scale data pipelines
  • CI/CD experience, ideally using GitLab
  • Cloud migration and modern data platform implementation experience
  • Agile delivery experience (Scrum/Kanban)

Benefits & conditions

  • Opportunity to help build a modern cloud data platform at scale
  • Work with cutting-edge data engineering technologies
  • Strong technical environment with complex engineering challenges
  • Competitive day rate and flexible hybrid working
  • If you’re an experienced Data Engineer with a passion for cloud, data platforms and modern engineering practices, we’d love to hear from you.

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