Senior AWS Data Platform Engineer - Eastwood

Salary: £20,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• 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
• Solid understanding of data platforms, pipelines, or analytics ecosystems
• A mindset focused on reliability, observability, and continuous improvement
• Technical skills in AWS compute, storage, IAM, and networking
• Experience with Terraform and/or AWS CDK
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and pipeline engineering
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and operational tooling
• Strong SQL skills and systems thinking
• Desirable: experience with Lakehouse technologies such as S3 and Iceberg
• Desirable: experience in regulated or data-sensitive environments
• Desirable: exposure to multi-account or multi-tenant cloud architecture

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate our AWS-based data platform using infrastructure as code
• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, controlled deployments
• Support modern Lakehouse architecture, ingestion, processing, and data serving layers
• Embed security, governance, and compliance controls across the platform
• Drive platform observability, monitoring, and performance optimisation
• Own aspects of cost management (FinOps) and platform efficiency
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Analytics & AI teams to deliver trusted data products

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• IAM
• Support
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform
• Mobile

More:

We are hiring a Senior Data Platform Engineer for a 12-month fixed term contract to help shape and operate our next-generation data platform within our Microlise One Analytics & AI platform. We are building a secure, scalable, and governed data ecosystem that powers analytics, AI, and business-critical insights across the organisation. This is a high-impact opportunity to work on a modern, cloud-native platform with real business value, alongside cross-functional engineering and data teams. We are a proud Midlands-based business with over thirty years of experience, recently becoming a publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange. Our solutions support leading UK grocery retailers, food logistics providers, and well-known brands including JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose, and Royal Mail. We offer a 37.5-hour week with flexible working opportunities, private medical insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays increasing with service, an EV car scheme, health and well-being support, employee discounts, and a strong focus on professional development.

last updated 34 week of 2026