Cloud Data Platform Engineer

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking an Engineer to join the Data Platform team to support and evolve cloud-based database platforms powering critical services in a modern AWS environment.

You will work with experienced engineers to deliver resilient, secure, and scalable solutions, leveraging automation, IaC, and strong knowledge of relational databases across MySQL, PostgreSQL or Aurora. This role offers growth in cloud and infrastructure disciplines.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years experience in database engineering or related infrastructure engineering.
• Cloud platforms such as AWS.
• Relational database technologies including MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL or Aurora.
• Database monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, back-up and recovery.
• Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform and Ansible.
• Linux administration and scripting or programming skills, ideally Python.
• Version control technologies such as Git.
• Security best practices and their practical application in platform design and operations.

Responsibilities

• Operate and evolve highly available cloud database platforms hosted in AWS.
• Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure systems.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical challenges with experienced engineers.
• Monitor, analyse, and optimise database and platform performance.
• Automate operational processes using Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices.
• Support backup, recovery and business continuity capabilities.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies to improve platform performance, stability, and security.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, security teams, and stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.

Skills

Cloud platforms experience

Linux administration

Python scripting

Security best practices

Git version control

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Aurora

Git

Python

Job description

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking an Engineer to join the Data Platform team to support and evolve cloud-based database platforms powering critical services in a modern AWS environment.

You will work with experienced engineers to deliver resilient, secure, and scalable solutions, leveraging automation, IaC, and strong knowledge of relational databases across MySQL, PostgreSQL or Aurora. This role offers growth in cloud and infrastructure disciplines.