£750 - £825 per day
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Remote (United Kingdom)
Lead Data Engineer - AWS - Python - SQL - SC Eligible Lead Data Engineer - AWS - Python - SQL - SC Eligible requirement for an urgent start. The Lead Data Engineer - AWS - Python - SQL - SC Eligible will be leading a public sector Data Programme.
The Role:
Leading and line managing a team of data engineers, and growing their skills through pairing, review and coaching
Designing how new source systems are integrated into the platform, from batch database extracts to API feeds
Setting engineering standards for testing, CI/CD, documentation and data quality, and making sure they're followed
Making architecture decisions across S3, Athena, Glue, Iceberg, dbt and Airflow, and writing them down so others can follow the reasoning
Owning infrastructure as code in Terraform and keeping deployments repeatable
Agreeing scope, priorities and delivery dates with product owners, system owners and senior data users
Replacing manual or fragile pipelines with...