Cloud Data Engineer - Milan (Hybrid) - 12 months

Location: Milan, Italy (Hybrid)
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Start Date: 30 November

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Cloud Data Platform Engineer to join a large-scale enterprise transformation programme. The successful consultant will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-native data solutions that support business intelligence, analytics, and AI-driven initiatives.


Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data platforms within AWS cloud environments.
• Develop and optimise data pipelines using Python and modern data engineering practices.
• Manage and support containerised workloads running on Kubernetes.
• Build, schedule, and monitor workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Grafana and related tooling.
• Collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and business stakeholders to support AI and advanced analytics use cases.
• Ensure platform reliability, performance, scalability, and data quality.
• Contribute to automation, DevOps, and cloud engineering best practices.
  
  

Required Experience

• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data engineering solutions.
• Strong hands-on expertise with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience deploying and managing applications within Kubernetes environments.
• Advanced Python programming skills.
• Experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration.
• Knowledge of Grafana and platform monitoring best practices.
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning ecosystems.
• Understanding of cloud-native architecture principles.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
• Experience supporting analytics or AI-focused data platforms.
  
  

Candidate Profile

• Analytical and solution-oriented mindset.
• Able to work independently and within international project teams.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, enterprise-scale environments.
  

If you want to learn more about this opportunity, please send an email to (preferably with a recent CV).

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