Cloud Engineer

Data Freelance Hub; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - GBP 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A data technology business in London is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer for a hybrid role with a focus on Snowflake operations and AWS management. Responsibilities include ensuring the platform's health, managing performance costs, and hands-on involvement with cloud-native systems. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with a salary range of £75,000 to £95,000, potential for permanent placement, and opportunities for significant impact on the data product.

Benefits

Salary of £75,000 – £95,000

Benefits included

Opportunity for permanent placement

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Cloud or Data Engineer.
• Operating Snowflake at scale in production is essential.
• Ability to manage reliability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the health of the platform and improve performance.
• Manage AWS infrastructure, cost, and performance.
• Support the transition from third-party suppliers.

Skills

Cloud-native environment

Snowflake operations

AWS (Lambda, S3, Glue)

Reliability and performance focus

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Job description

Overview

Senior Cloud Engineer focused on a Core Data Platform in London (Hybrid). 12-month fixed-term contract (FTC) with a salary of £75,000 – £95,000.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the day-to-day health of the platform, operating what’s live and improving performance, cost, reliability, and observability.
• Production Snowflake data warehouse ownership and data pipeline reliability and correctness.
• Manage AWS infrastructure, cost and performance; implement clean rooms and data collaboration workflows.
• Support transition from third-party suppliers; maintain clear documentation and runbooks.
• Collaborate with the Lead Architect and contribute hands-on in a cloud-native environment.

What you’ll own

• Production Snowflake data warehouse
• Data pipeline reliability and correctness
• AWS infrastructure, cost and performance
• Clean rooms and data collaboration workflows
• CI/CD, monitoring and operational standards
• Clear documentation and runbooks

Technology you’ll work with

• Snowflake
• AWS (Lambda, S3, Glue, RDS, IAM, VPC)
• Terraform
• GitLab
• AWS-native monitoring and security tools

Qualifications / What this will suit you

• Senior Cloud or Data Engineer in a cloud-native environment
• Experience operating Snowflake at scale in production
• Strong focus on reliability, performance and cost control
• Comfort with evolving systems and hands-on responsibility
• Enjoy shaping how teams operate when joining early

Why it’s worth a look

• Established platform generating revenue with practical, real-world problems
• Clear ownership and direct influence on the live data product
• Opportunity to help build an in-house engineering function around the platform

Role details

Location: London (Hybrid: 1-3 days onsite)

Contract: 12-month FTC (very likely to convert to permanent)

Salary: £75,000 – £95,000 + Benefits

Company

PE-backed media & data technology business

Notes

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