AWS Data Platform Engineer

Savant Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consultancy is seeking an AWS Data Platform Support Engineer for a 6-month contract based in London. The role involves supporting large-scale AWS data platforms within the telecom domain, managing and troubleshooting AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, and S3. The ideal candidate will have strong data pipeline concepts, solid AWS service knowledge, and excellent troubleshooting and communication skills. This position offers a hybrid work model with 1-2 days on-site.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data pipeline concepts.
• Solid AWS service and IAM policy knowledge.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and troubleshoot AWS-based data platforms for a leading global consultancy.
• Perform incident management, monitoring, and root cause analysis.
• Manage AWS networking: VPC, DNS, route tables, security groups, NACLs, NAT, endpoints.
• Support Glue Catalog, Athena, and basic RDS/Redshift.
• Produce clear documentation and communicate effectively with internal and client stakeholders.

Skills

Data pipeline concepts

AWS services and IAM policy knowledge

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Tools

AWS Lambda

AWS EC2

AWS S3

AWS Glue

AWS MSK

AWS CloudWatch/CloudTrail

SQS/SNS

Step Functions

AWS VPC

AWS RDS

AWS Redshift

Job description

AWS Data Platform Support Engineer - Telecom - Leading Global Consultancy - London - Inside IR35 - 6 Months - Hybrid (1-2 days onsite)

We are recruiting on behalf of our client, a leading global consultancy, for an AWS Data Platform Support Engineer to support large-scale AWS data environments within the telecom domain. This is a confirmed 6-month contract, hybrid in London, Inside IR35.

Responsibilities

• Support and troubleshoot AWS-based data platforms for a leading global consultancy.
• Perform incident management, monitoring, and root cause analysis.
• Work with AWS services: Lambda, EC2, S3, Glue, MSK, CloudWatch/CloudTrail, SQS/SNS, Step Functions.
• Manage AWS networking: VPC, DNS, route tables, security groups, NACLs, NAT, endpoints.
• Support Glue Catalog, Athena, and basic RDS/Redshift.
• Produce clear documentation and communicate effectively with internal and client stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of data pipeline concepts.
• Solid AWS service and IAM policy knowledge.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.