AWS Cloud Data EngineerUK Remote | £60-85K Perm | Active eSC ClearanceRole OverviewExperienced Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and optimise cloud data infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using native cloud services, IaC, orchestration for enterprise data operations.Key ResponsibilitiesProvision/manage AWS data services: S3, Redshift, Athena, Glue, Lambda, BatchImplement Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC)Manage Apache Airflow orchestration workflowsSupport GitLab CI/CD pipelines + Docker containerisationMonitor S3 security scanning, access patterns, data ingress/egressSupport disaster recovery, performance optimisation for data engineering workflowsCollaborate with Data Engineering, SRE, Security teamsTroubleshoot incidents + maintain RBAC controlsTechnical EnvironmentCore Services: S3, Redshift, OpenSearch, Athena, Lambda, Glue, Batch, Step Functions, SQS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EMRAutomation: Terraform IaC, Airflow DAGs, GitLab CI/CD (YAML), DockerSecurity: IAM policies, RBAC, VPC networkingScripting: Python, SQL, BashEssential RequirementsHands-on AWS data services (S3/Redshift/Athena/Glue/Lambda)Terraform IaC implementationAirflow orchestration/monitoringGitLab/GitHub Actions CI/CD + DockerPython/SQL/Bash automationAWS security best practices (IAM/RBAC/VPC)Disaster recovery/backup experienceACTIVE eSC clearance mandatoryDesirableAWS Neptune, EKS experienceJira Service Desk, Confluence documentationData engineering support backgroundConsulting delivery experienceSoft SkillsStrong problem-solving, Agile delivery, stakeholder collaboration, technical communication.