Senior Data Platform Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)

Microlise; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

37.5 hour week

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday

EV car scheme

Nottingham location perks

Job summary

Microlise is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to shape and operate our next‑gen data platform as part of Microlise One Analytics & AI. You will design, build and govern an AWS‑based data platform, focusing on reliability, security and cost efficiency to empower analytics and AI across the organisation.

You will work across Data Engineers, Analytics & AI teams on a modern, cloud‑native Lakehouse, CI/CD pipelines, and FinOps while embracing governance and compliance.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Focus on reliability, observability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate an AWS-based data platform using infrastructure as code.
• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines for safe deployments.
• Support Lakehouse architecture, ingestion, processing and data serving layers.
• Embed security, governance and compliance controls across the platform.
• Drive platform observability, monitoring and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Analytics teams to deliver data products.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud engineering

DevOps

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Security governance

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

SQL

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract, to play a pivotal role in shaping and operating our next-generation data platform.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Microlise One Analytics & AI platform, where you’ll help build a secure, scalable and governed data ecosystem that powers analytics, AI, and business‑critical insights across the organisation.

You’ll blend platform engineering, cloud DevOps, and data governance, ensuring our platform is not only high‑performing, but also compliant, reliable, and cost‑efficient.

Be part of a high‑impact data and AI transformation programme, work on a modern, cloud‑native platform with real business impact, influence how data, analytics and AI are delivered across the organisation, and collaborate with cross‑functional engineering and data teams.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing, building and operating our AWS-based data platform using infrastructure as code
• Creating and managing CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, controlled deployments
• Supporting modern Lakehouse architecture, ingestion, processing and data serving layers
• Embedding security, governance and compliance controls across the platform
• Driving platform observability, monitoring, and performance optimisation
• Owning aspects of cost management (FinOps) and platform efficiency
• Collaborating with Data Engineers, Analytics & AI teams to deliver trusted data products

What you’ll bring

• 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
• A solid understanding of data platforms, pipelines or analytics ecosystems
• A mindset focused on reliability, observability and continuous improvement

Technical skills:

• AWS (compute, storage, IAM, networking)
• Terraform and/or AWS CDK
• CI/CD tooling and pipeline engineering
• Observability, monitoring and operational tooling
• SQL and strong systems thinking
• Experience in regulated or data‑sensitive environments
• Multi‑account or multi‑tenant cloud architecture exposure

Why Microlise?

When your groceries arrive at your door or you sign for your online parcel, one or more of our software, telematics or proof‑of‑purchase solutions has probably been used. Our solutions deliver value to many of the UK’s leading grocery retailers and food logistics providers as well as to household names including JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose, and Royal Mail.

Proudly Midlands‑based, Microlise has been operating for over thirty years, and recently became a Publicly Listed Company with shares trading on the London Stock Exchange. Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.

• We believe in developing our staff and support our employees with their professional development goals
• 37.5 hour week with flexible working opportunities
• Access to our salary sacrifice EV Car Scheme - payments are made before tax and other contributions, so saving you money, whilst doing your bit for the environment!
• Great Place to Work certified – We have been recognised by the global authority on workplace culture, so come be a part of our success!
• Private medical insurance with Vitality Health including rewards for members such as: Free Amazon Prime, Apple Watch, discounted gym membership and many more!
• 25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays, increasing with service
• Invested in employee health and well‑being with over 20 mental health first aiders in the business
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• Free Costco membership, 20% off EE mobile and line rental, and other local discounts
• Great staff extras: Easter eggs, yearly BBQ, Christmas gifts and annual staff awards
• Executive Box at Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Recruitment Process

For successful candidates, interviews will take place whilst the advert is still live, via telephone and video conferencing; so don’t delay getting your application in!

Recruitment Agencies

Whilst we make every effort to directly source candidates for our live roles, we do have a very small preferred supplier list on the occasion we may require additional support. We therefore do not accept speculative CVs and/or cold calls to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Managers. Any queries should be directed to [e-mail] in the first instance.