URGENT | AWS Data Engineer (migration)

Opus Recruitment Solutions LtdParrett Worksreedpublished 10/01/2026
Must-have:PythonAWSCloudDataSeniorRemote
Nice-to-have:AI

AWS Data Engineer - Migration We're seeking a strong & hands-on AWS Data Engineering contractor, ASAP start, for an urgent replacement contract Rate: Up to £500-525 per day, Outside IR35 Working Patterns: Remote-first, London (up to 1 day p/w on-site). Contract: 3-6 months (likley extension) Sector: Financial Services About: We're supporting a major cloud transformation programme focused on migrating a large-scale legacy ETL estate consiting of several thousand batch jobs from Ab Initio to a modern, serverless AWS data platform. This is a hands-on Senior Data Engineer role where you'll play a key part in defining migration patterns and delivering production-ready AWS Glue solutions. Person Requirments: Strong AWS Data Engineer - ideally AWS Certified. Idelaly, you'll bring proven experience delivering Ab Initio AWS Glue (PySpark) migration programmes Strong hands-on AWS Data Engineering expertise, particularly AWS Glue , S3 , Athena and serverless data platforms. Advanced Python , PySpark and SQL skills. Strong understanding of converting Ab Initio transformations/reformat logic into scalable PySpark solutions. Experience building and optimising large-scale ETL/data pipeline solutions in AWS. Excellent Spark performance tuning capabilities, including troubleshooting data skew, partitioning, memory and load-related issues. Strong data warehousing and data modelling knowledge Strong comminication skills. Nice to Have Experience with Claude Code or AI-assisted code conversion tools. Amazon MWAA (Airflow) experience. AWS Certifications. Experience working on large-scale legacy modernisation programmes.

Please apply now - this hiring process should be expected to finish by next week. Adam Akhtar