Data Operations Engineer

Data Operations Engineer – Contract Role

Outside IR35 | £375-425/day | London | Hybrid | Initial 8 Months

We’re supporting a global financial services client in building a brand‑new Data Operations function to support their AWS‑based data platform. This is a hands‑on operational role where you’ll help ensure data quality, reliability, and timely delivery across critical data workflows used by internal and external consumers.

Looking for someone with 3-6 years’ experience in data operations, data quality, reference/market data, or investment data support – someone who enjoys problem‑solving, understanding how data behaves end‑to‑end, and working closely with engineering and business teams to resolve issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor daily data pipelines and inbound/outbound data feeds across the AWS data platform.
• Perform SQL-based data validation, reconciliation, and exception handling.
• Investigate data quality issues (late/missing feeds, schema changes, incorrect values).
• Support SLA monitoring and ensure timely and accurate delivery of critical datasets.
• Work closely with upstream vendors and internal engineering teams to resolve data defects.
• Assist in developing runbooks, operational processes, and documentation to improve BAU workflows.
• Contribute to operational monitoring enhancements using tools such as Grafana.
• Support root‑cause analysis to reduce repetitive issues and improve reliability.
• Communicate data issues clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate

• 3–6 years’ experience in Data Operations, Data Quality, Reference Data, Pricing Data, or similar FS data roles.
• Strong understanding of data validation, reconciliation, and ingestion processes.
• Confident working with SQL to investigate and diagnose data issues.
• Exposure to AWS data environments (S3, Athena, Glue/MWAA).
• Experience working with file‑based feeds (SFTP), vendor data, or custodian/market data sources.
• Detail‑oriented with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Comfortable in a fast‑paced environment with daily BAU responsibilities.
• Clear communicator with the ability to work across engineering, operations, and business teams.
• Curious, proactive, and eager to deepen their expertise in data operations.

Tech Stack Required

• SQL
• AWS
• DBT
• Grafana (monitoring/observability)
• Basic scripting (Python or Bash) preferred

Please apply directly if you are interested!

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