AWS Data Engineer ( - Oxfordshire

Opus Recruitment Solutions
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Last week
£400 – £450 pd

Salary

£400 – £450 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
8 Sep 2026 (Last week)

AWS Data Engineer - Contract (Outside IR35)

Location: Oxford

Working Patterns: Hybrid - 2 days on site, per week

Contract Duration: 6 months, extension likely

Opus have partnered with a leading manufacturer who're seeking an experienced AWS Data Engineer to help to design, build and optimise data pipelines to support business reporting, analytics and decision making.

You'll be working closely with engineering and technology stakeholders to help in the delivery of reliable data solutions.

The Role:

This one is heavily focused on development and the maintenance of cloud-based data infrastructure. There is a strong focus on AWS Services, Data Modelling, and Pipeline Performance. This role will suit a candidate who's comfortable working with messy data and turning real-world data into trusted insights.

Responsibilities:

- Design & build scalable data pipelines of AWS

- Ingest, transform and model data from multiple source systems

- Work with S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Redshift and related AWS Services

- Support CI/CD and infrastructure as a code

Requirements:

- Must have strong, commercial AWS (contract) Data Engineering experience

- Must bring solid knowledge of data warehousing and modelling

- Experience with Airflow and infrastructure as a code (Terraform, CloudFormation) would be beneficial

- Must have experience with Redshift

Nice to have:

- Experience with dbt / lake formation

- One or more AWS Certifications

Applications are now open! - Reach out to Adam Akhtar at Opus for further information

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