Senior AWS Technical Lead (IT) / Contractor
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Base pay range
This role focuses on developing data engineering pipelines using the AWS technology stack or supporting platform modernization efforts by migrating existing AWS components to Databricks, depending on your skill set.
Responsibilities
* Strong hands‑on data engineering experience delivering production‑grade solutions.
* Ability to design, implement and optimise complex data pipelines independently.
* Strong SQL and programming (Python/PySpark preferred); capable of building reusable and scalable code.
* Experience with modern orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow, Step Functions, etc.).
* Hands‑on experience on AWS cloud platform with skillsets listed below.
* Ability to proactively analyse existing processes, suggest improvements, and drive technical solutions end‑to‑end.
* Comfortable engaging with stakeholders, understanding business requirements, and translating them into technical design.
* Strong Experience in Databricks development/migration. (this is for Databricks engineer)
* Experience with Apache Spark, Databricks Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and MLflow. (this is for Databricks engineer)
Accountabilities
* Build and maintenance of data pipelines that enable the transfer and processing of durable, complete and consistent data.
* Design and implementation of data warehouses and data lakes that manage the appropriate data volumes and velocity and adhere to the required security measures.
* Development of processing and analysis algorithms fit for the intended data complexity and volumes.
* Collaboration with data scientist to build and deploy machine learning models.
Hands‑on Skills
* S3, Lambda, Glue, Step Function, Athena, Sagemaker, VPC, ECS, IAM, KMS, etc.
* CloudFormation
* Python
* Unit Testing
* Gitlab
* PySpark
* AI/ML knowledge (Good to have)
UI Development Experience
UI development experience as must along with AWS CloudFormation.
Company
LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non‑clearance vacancies. LA International welcomes applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
Seniority level: Mid Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Information Technology
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