AWS Data Engineer   (Hybrid) Bristol

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Avanti Recruitment is working with a rapidly growing technology business in Bristol to recruit a talented AWS Data Engineer to join their team. You will help build and evolve their AWS cloud-based data infrastructure. You’ll work with large datasets and a modern AWS stack, designing scalable pipelines and delivering reliable data to teams across the organisation.

In this role, you will develop and maintain ETL and ELT workflows using Apache Spark, Python and AWS Glue, while architecting solutions that make extensive use of AWS services including S3, Redshift, EMR, Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudWatch and Step Functions.

You’ll ensure data quality, troubleshoot pipeline issues and continuously look for ways to improve performance and reliability.

To be successful you’ll need strong Python and SQL skills, experience with distributed data processing, and solid understanding of AWS cloud-based data engineering.

Familiarity with data lakes, data warehouses and both relational and NoSQL databases is important.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code, streaming technologies or orchestration tools is helpful but not required.

Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 + 25 days holiday + private healthcare + training

Location: Bristol – Hybrid working – 3 days in the office / 2 days from home

This will be a great role for an experienced AWS Data Engineer who wants to work in a Data and AI team with the latest technologies.

APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.

N.B. – They do not offer visa sponsorship so you must have the right work and won’t consider applicants on short-term visas

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