Data Platform Expert Engineer – AWS

HumanIT Digital Consulting

full-time

Posted on: 4/6/2026

Location Type: Remote

Location: Portugal

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About the role

Define the target-state architecture from the ground up — covering ingestion, transformation, cataloguing, consumption, and platform security
Work directly with engineering teams to implement architectural designs
Shape how data flows, transforms, and gets consumed across the business
Contribute to a large-scale data platform modernization programme

Proven experience as a Data Platform Architect, Data Architect, or Lead Data Engineer/Architect in enterprise-scale environments
Strong hands-on AWS architecture experience, with deep knowledge of: Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue (including Glue Catalog), Amazon Kinesis, IAM, KMS, and CloudWatch
Strong experience with dbt and SQL-based transformation design, including layering strategies, reusable models, and data quality controls
Experience designing platforms that serve both BI/reporting (Power BI) and advanced analytics (Python / Amazon Athena)
Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow or an equivalent enterprise-grade orchestration tool
Solid understanding of RBAC, enterprise identity integration, and secure data access patterns
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DataOps practices applied to cloud data platforms
Demonstrated ability to design ingestion architectures for heterogeneous enterprise source systems (structured and semi-structured data)
Strong stakeholder engagement skills and experience operating within design governance frameworks
Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWS architectureSQLdbtdata transformation designApache AirflowCI/CD pipelinesDataOps practicesdata ingestion architecturedata quality controlsRBAC

Soft Skills

stakeholder engagementcommunicationdesign governance