Senior Data and AI Engineer

AI, Data & Defence Engineering and Data Science Roles

Engineer to Managing Consultant, Defence, & Critical Infrastructure

Nationwide

Clearance, SC required, DV preferred, some roles sole UK nationals

We're supporting a leading UK technology and transformation consultancy delivering secure AI, data engineering, and advanced analytics across Defence, and critical government programmes. The work is production-grade, building systems that support real Defence capability.

We're hiring across Engineer, Senior Engineer, Consultant, Senior Consultant, and Managing Consultant levels. All roles remain hands-on, with leadership scope depending on experience.

What you'll do

• Build and deploy secure data pipelines, platforms, and AI/ML solutions
• Productionise analytics and ML, including GenAI and agentic patterns where relevant
• Translate Defence requirements into robust technical designs with stakeholders
• Support MOD capability and acquisition work aligned to CADMID
• Implement secure architectures with cloud, platform, and security teams
• Apply DevOps and MLOps, CI/CD, monitoring, auditability, and governance
• Contribute to design reviews, estimates, documentation, and bid inputs

What you'll bring

• Strong experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or applied data science
• Cloud and data platform exposure, AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or Databricks
• Python, ideally PySpark, R helpful but not essential
• End-to-end pipelines, feature engineering, and production ML workflows
• Familiarity with LLMs, GenAI, or agent-based systems
• Defence or secure delivery experience, MOD, suppliers, consultancies, or regulated public sector
• Understanding of requirements artefacts such as URDs, SRDs, ITEAPs, RAMS
• Stakeholder skills, plus workstream or team leadership for senior levels

Security clearance

• SC required
• DV preferred and may be required for certain assignments