Job Title: Airflow/AWS Data EngineerLocation: Manchester Area (3 days per week in the office)Rate: Up to 400 per day inside IR35Start Date: 03/11/2025Contract Length: Until 31st December 2025Job Type: ContractCompany Introduction:An exciting opportunity has become available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients. They are seeking a talented AWS DevOps/Data Engineer to join their growing data engineering function. This role will play a key part in designing, deploying, and maintaining modern cloud infrastructure and data pipelines, with a focus on Airflow, AWS, and data platform automation.Key Responsibilities:Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure across Astronomer Airflow and AccelData environments.Facilitate integration between vendor products and core systems, including data lakes, storage, and compute services.Establish and enforce best practices for cloud security, scalability, and performance.Configure and maintain vendor product deployments, ensuring reliability and optimized performance.Ensure high availability and fault tolerance for Airflow clusters.Implement and manage monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for Airflow and related components.Perform upgrades, patches, and version management for platform components.Oversee capacity planning and resource optimization for Airflow workers and AWS resources.Manage integrations with source control systems (GitHub, GitLab) and CI/CD pipelines.Collaborate with AWS teams and internal stakeholders for