Data Platform Engineer – AWS, IaC & Pipelines

8120 Barclaycard UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is hiring a Data Platform Engineer in London to design and implement robust cloud-based software platforms. You will build reusable AWS-based platform capabilities, pipelines, security controls, and tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining reliability and governance.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design and security teams, and help shape the platform strategy and roadmaps. The role requires a passion for platform engineering and a strong IaC mindset.

Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform and IaC practices.
• Strong design skills for reusable modules.
• Experience with testing strategies across unit/integration/validation.
• Knowledge of state management and multi-environment promotion.
• Experience building scalable, maintainable infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of robust software solutions.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Contribute to strategic planning and roadmaps.
• Ensure alignment with best practices and governance.
• Drive platform engineering improvements and innovation.

Skills

Terraform IaC

Reusable modules

Testing strategies

State management

Environment promotion

Code quality

Platform best practices

CI/CD GitOps

AWS engineering

IAM security patterns

Networking integration

Storage encryption

Observability

Resilience

Automation and supportability

Databricks on AWS

Workspace deployment

Identity integration

Network connectivity

Self-service platforms

Golden paths

Paved roads

Internal platform products

Monitoring and alerting

Operational telemetry

Incident management

Recovery automation

Production support

Tools

GitHub Actions

Databricks Terraform provider

Job description

Barclays is hiring a Data Platform Engineer in London to design and implement robust cloud-based software platforms. You will build reusable AWS-based platform capabilities, pipelines, security controls, and tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining reliability and governance.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design and security teams, and help shape the platform strategy and roadmaps. The role requires a passion for platform engineering and a strong IaC mindset.