Our client, a prominent entity in the Defence and Security sector, is currently seeking a dedicated Data Engineer to join their team in a permanent capacity.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build, configure, and maintain a modern cloud-based data platform in alignment with architectural blueprints and design standards.
- Develop robust data pipelines that ingest, transform, and publish data from multiple source systems into trusted reporting layers.
- Ensure solutions support financial reporting requirements including accuracy, completeness, auditability, and traceability.
Collaboration & Technical Input:
- Work closely with Data Architects to refine designs, challenge assumptions, and contribute engineering insights to architectural decisions.
- Collaborate with wider technology teams, business stakeholders, and programme partners to ensure solutions meet operational and reporting needs.
- Support the evaluation and adoption of modern data engineering tools, patterns, and practices.
Data Quality, Security & Governance:
- Implement engineering practices that ensure high data quality, including validation, monitoring, reconciliation, and automated testing.
- Embed security-by-design, including encryption, access control, secure data movement, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Support data governance activities by ensuring consistent use of metadata, lineage, and cataloguing standards.
Operational Excellence:
- Build resilient, high-performing data solutions capable of supporting financial reporting workloads.
- Develop and maintain reusable data engineering patterns, components, and frameworks.
- Monitor platform performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimise data processes for efficiency and reliability.
Job Requirements:
- Proven experience in data engineering, with a focus on cloud-based data platforms.
- Strong understanding of modern data platforms and tooling.
- Experience in implementing and maintaining data pipelines.
- Understanding of data quality and governance principles.
- Knowledge of security practices for data management in regulated environments.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills, able to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits:
- Opportunity to contribute to national security projects.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Flexible work arrangements with a hybrid role.
- Comprehensive employee benefits package.
If you are a skilled Data Engineer eager to contribute to innovative projects within the Defence and Security sector, we encourage you to apply now to join our client's team.