Giacom (Communications) Limited

Giacom (Communications) Limited — Senior Data Engineer (AWS)

Giacom (Communications) Limited — Senior Data Engineer (AWS)

About the company

GiacomGiacom (Communications) Limited provides cloud and communications solutions for UK businesses, including Microsoft 365, connectivity, and managed services. The company helps partners and end customers adopt and run modern cloud and data platforms.

As a Senior Data Engineer at Giacom, I was responsible for designing and implementing data architecture solutions and building and maintaining data pipelines for a team delivering AWS-based data solutions. The role combined hands-on engineering with team leadership and mentoring, applying Agile, Scrum, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup principles to deliver scalable, reliable data platforms.

Role Location Period
Senior Data Engineer United Kingdom Apr 2024 – Feb 2025

What I did

  • Data architecture — Designed and implemented data architecture solutions for a team delivering AWS-based data products and analytics.
  • Data pipelines — Built and maintained data pipelines using the AWS data stack: Lambda, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena, and EMR.
  • Languages & runtimes — Python, SQL, PL/SQL; Databricks and Spark for large-scale processing.
  • Infrastructure as code — Terraform, Terragrunt, and CloudFormation for reproducible, version-controlled infrastructure.
  • CI/CD — Git, GitHub, and Linux-based automation for deployment and quality assurance.
  • Data platforms — Data warehouses and data lakes; design and optimisation for analytics and ML workloads.
  • Generative AI — Amazon Bedrock and ChatGPT integration for data and product use cases.
  • Ways of working — Agile, Scrum, Design Thinking, Lean Startup; team leadership and mentoring.

Delivering AWS-based data solutions end-to-end—from architecture and pipelines to team leadership—with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, and modern data and AI practices.

Technologies & tools

Category Technologies
AWS data Lambda, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena, EMR
Languages Python, SQL, PL/SQL
Processing Databricks, Spark
IaC Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation
CI/CD Git, GitHub, Linux
AI Amazon Bedrock, ChatGPT

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