AWS Data Engineer | National Security & Defence

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

What we're looking for:

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

Desirable:

• CI tooling (Jenkins, Drone)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Configuration management (Ansible, Packer)
• Comfortable working across Linux and Windows environments

Clearance: Due to the nature of this role, candidates must hold or be eligible for enhanced DV Security Clearance and hold sole British nationality.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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