Vallum Associates
Lead Data Engineer
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This role is for a Lead Data Engineer with a contract length of "unknown", offering a pay rate of "unknown". Key skills include AWS data services, Python, SQL, and Terraform. Requires 5+ years in data engineering and experience with large-scale data migrations.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
February 3, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Unknown
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) #Data Lineage #Data Engineering #Security #Migration #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #dbt (data build tool) #Data Migration #Documentation #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Leadership #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Redshift #DMS (Data Migration Service) #Terraform #Python #Snowflake
Role description
Responsibilities
• Own and evolve the AWS/CDP data reference architecture
• Define and enforce engineering standards and best practices
• Lead and oversee enterprise data migrations into AWS
• Ensure data lineage, cataloguing, and documentation standards are met
• Coordinate delivery planning, backlog prioritisation, and sprint execution
• Validate technical deliverables for quality, performance, security, and readiness
• Act as the senior technical point of contact for stakeholders and partners
• Lead knowledge transfer and upskill engineering teams
Requirements
• 5+ years’ experience in data engineering, including senior or leadership roles
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, DMS, etc.)
• Proven experience delivering large-scale data migration programmes
• Expert-level Python and SQL, with experience in Snowflake
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills using Terraform
• Solid data modelling and data warehousing expertise
• Experience with dbt and modern ELT patterns
• Excellent stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills
Responsibilities
• Own and evolve the AWS/CDP data reference architecture
• Define and enforce engineering standards and best practices
• Lead and oversee enterprise data migrations into AWS
• Ensure data lineage, cataloguing, and documentation standards are met
• Coordinate delivery planning, backlog prioritisation, and sprint execution
• Validate technical deliverables for quality, performance, security, and readiness
• Act as the senior technical point of contact for stakeholders and partners
• Lead knowledge transfer and upskill engineering teams
Requirements
• 5+ years’ experience in data engineering, including senior or leadership roles
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, DMS, etc.)
• Proven experience delivering large-scale data migration programmes
• Expert-level Python and SQL, with experience in Snowflake
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code skills using Terraform
• Solid data modelling and data warehousing expertise
• Experience with dbt and modern ELT patterns
• Excellent stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills
