Data Engineer
Skills
About the role
This onsite Data Engineer role in London builds data pipelines, models, analytics products, and cloud-based data solutions for client delivery teams. It suits engineers with SQL, Python, cloud-data-platform experience, and active SC clearance or willingness and eligibility to complete the process. You will work alongside clients, analysts, designers, and engineers to deliver maintainable data services and user-facing insight.
What you’ll do
- Translate business questions into data and technical delivery tasks.
- Build and maintain pipelines, data models, and analytics products.
- Develop cloud solutions using AWS or Azure data and AI platforms.
- Create semantic models and visualisations for analytics users.
- Apply testing, CI/CD, governance, security, and data-quality practices.
- Collaborate with stakeholders in Agile delivery teams.
- Document solutions for ongoing operation and handover.
What they’re looking for
- Have good SQL and Python skills for transformation, modelling, automation, and analysis.
- Have experience with data warehouses, lakehouses, or analytics tools such as Power BI.
- Know modern data-engineering tooling such as Spark, PySpark, Pandas, and orchestration tools.
- Have worked with AWS or Azure data platforms such as Databricks, Redshift, or Microsoft Fabric.
- Understand Git, testing, CI/CD, and modular software design.
- Understand data governance, security, quality, access control, and GDPR considerations.
- Hold active SC clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience integrating AI or ML through model APIs or prompts.
- Experience communicating insight with Power BI, Tableau, or Python charts.
- Experience contributing to production systems or live services.
What’s on offer
- The role is onsite in London.
- Benefits include private medical cover for the employee and spouse or partner, a discretionary bonus, pension contributions, and electric-vehicle salary sacrifice.
- Leave includes 25 days plus a birthday day, work-anniversary day, and UK bank holidays.
- Training, mentorship, and certification opportunities are listed.
Questions about this role
Is this Data Engineer role remote?
No. The posting lists the role as onsite in London.
Do I need security clearance?
Yes. Candidates should have active SC clearance or be eligible and willing to complete the clearance process.
What programming languages are required?
The posting specifically asks for good SQL and Python skills.
Which cloud platforms are relevant?
The role uses AWS or Azure data platforms, with examples including Databricks, Redshift, and Microsoft Fabric.
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