Senior Data Engineer

My client, a prestigious government organisation, are seeking an SC Cleared Senior Data Engineer on an initial 4 month contract basis.

A key focus for this role will be strengthening their data foundations - reviewing and improving existing pipelines, some of which are still manual, and replacing them with more modern, automated and consistent approaches using our Analytical Platform.

Duration of role: Initially 4 months – subject to extension once in post

Location: National with preference for London – 2 days a week

A live SC Clearance is required

Skills & experience required

• Strong experience designing, building and maintaining data pipelines using modern, cloud- based tools and practices
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data engineering tasks
• Experience with dbt and a good understanding of data modelling approaches (e.g. star schema, dimensional modelling)
• Familiarity with Airflow or similar orchestration tools
• Comfortable working with AWS services such as Glue and S3, or equivalent cloud infrastructure
• Experience using version control and CI/CD tools like Git and GitHub Actions
• Confident working independently and taking ownership of problems and solutions