VA
Posted 2 days ago
Platform Engineer
Vallum Associates
📍 London
IT
Job description
Key Responsibilities
* Own and evolve the AWS/CDP architecture for data migration, ingestion, and downstream consumption
* Define and enforce engineering standards (Terraform, CI/CD, pipeline design, naming conventions)
* Lead platform engineering and infrastructure delivery (IaC, networking, security, environment setup)
* Lead and deliver the migration of ~8–10 enterprise databases into AWS using DMS and CDC patterns
* Ensure migration pipelines are scalable, automated, and resilient
* Enable event-driven and batch data pipelines (S3, Lambda, orchestration)
* Ensure data lineage, cataloguing, and documentation are captured
Required Experience & Skills
* 5+ years in cloud, platform or data engineering roles, including leadership experience
* Strong AWS experience: S3, Lambda, IAM, VPC/networking, DMS
* Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines
* Strong Python and SQL skills
* Understanding of data platforms (e.g. Snowflake/CDP) and ingestion pipelines
* Exposure to AI/ML enablement frameworks (.e.g AWS SageMaker) and supporting infrastructure for model training, deployment
* Familiarity with modern development and deployment frameworks
* Strong stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills
* Experience delivering large-scale data migrations, including CDC approaches