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Data Lakehouse Engineer
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This role is for a Data Lakehouse Engineer in Basildon, UK, with a 12-month contract. Pay rate is competitive. Key skills include AWS data engineering, PySpark, Python, and Apache Iceberg. Experience with AWS services and data pipeline development is required.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
April 3, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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📄 - Contract
Fixed Term
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Essex, England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Data Architecture #IAM (Identity and Access Management) #Data Pipeline #Automation #Data Lakehouse #Data Quality #S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Terraform #PySpark #Data Security #Data Lake #Airflow #Scala #Spark (Apache Spark) #Data Engineering #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Security #Python #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #DevOps #Apache Iceberg
Role description
Job Title: Data Lakehouse Engineer
Location: Basildon, UK
5 days onsite Monday-Friday
Contract Duration: 12 Months
We are hiring a Data Lakehouse Engineer to build and maintain scalable data pipelines and lakehouse architectures on AWS. You will play a key role in enabling data-driven decision-making by delivering reliable and high-performance data solutions.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain AWS-based data lake solutions
• Build data pipelines using PySpark and Python
• Implement and manage Apache Iceberg-based lakehouse architecture
• Work with AWS services including S3, EMR, Lambda, EKS, MWAA
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security
• Collaborate with data architects and analysts to deliver data solutions
• Implement workflow orchestration and automation
Required Skills
• Strong experience in AWS data engineering
• Hands-on expertise in PySpark and Python
• Experience with Apache Iceberg
• Familiarity with AWS services (IAM, Lambda, EKS, S3, EMR, MWAA)
• Experience building scalable data pipelines
Nice to Have
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Data quality frameworks
• Data security best practices
• Workflow orchestration tools (Airflow)
Job Title: Data Lakehouse Engineer
Location: Basildon, UK
5 days onsite Monday-Friday
Contract Duration: 12 Months
We are hiring a Data Lakehouse Engineer to build and maintain scalable data pipelines and lakehouse architectures on AWS. You will play a key role in enabling data-driven decision-making by delivering reliable and high-performance data solutions.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain AWS-based data lake solutions
• Build data pipelines using PySpark and Python
• Implement and manage Apache Iceberg-based lakehouse architecture
• Work with AWS services including S3, EMR, Lambda, EKS, MWAA
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security
• Collaborate with data architects and analysts to deliver data solutions
• Implement workflow orchestration and automation
Required Skills
• Strong experience in AWS data engineering
• Hands-on expertise in PySpark and Python
• Experience with Apache Iceberg
• Familiarity with AWS services (IAM, Lambda, EKS, S3, EMR, MWAA)
• Experience building scalable data pipelines
Nice to Have
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Data quality frameworks
• Data security best practices
• Workflow orchestration tools (Airflow)
