AWS Data Engineer - Secure environment

Join a fast-growing consultancy at the forefront of secure data and cloud infrastructure, delivering AI-ready platforms for some of the UK’s most high-impact projects., We’re looking for an experienced AWS Data Engineer to help design, build, and maintain a secure, scalable data platform for a government client - supporting real-time and batch processing that underpins critical analytics and decision-making.

What you’ll be doing:

• Building, testing, and maintaining robust data pipelines
• Designing logical and physical data models
• Scaling the data platform to meet evolving use cases
• Analysing data flows and improving processing performance
• Ensuring data architecture aligns with agreed standards
• Troubleshooting issues and driving continuous improvement

Essential:

• Proven experience building data pipelines
• Strong understanding of data modelling and structures
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, Athena, Glue)
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
• Python or equivalent scripting language
• Experience with test-driven development
• Familiarity with Agile delivery