Data Engineer - SC Cleared

Data Engineer - Government Project

SC Clearance Required

Day Rate: £460 per day inside IR35

Contract Length: 6 months

Location: Telford - 2 days per month

Job Description:

We are seeking experienced Data Engineers to join a growing team within a large, long-standing public sector partnership. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to data acquisition, preparation, and management initiatives that help modernise services and deliver secure, reliable data products at scale.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence engineering design, build capability across teams, and deliver tangible value for public sector clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, secure, and high-performance data integration solutions (batch and/or near-Real Time).

• Build, operate, and continuously improve data pipelines covering ingestion, transformation, and curation, with appropriate monitoring, alerting, and SLAs.

• Collaborate closely with product teams and client stakeholders to refine requirements and align technical decisions with non-functional requirements (cost, performance, security).

• Support incident resolution activities and ensure ongoing service continuity.

• Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and contribute to engineering communities of practice.

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and work cross-functionally with engineers, analysts, and business teams.

Skills and Experience

• Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience in data modelling.

• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT tooling, including at least one of: Talend, Pentaho DI, Informatica, AWS Glue, or SAS.

• Experience working with databases and data platforms, ideally Oracle or Cloudera.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms, ideally AWS.

• Good experience with programming and Scripting languages such as Python and Bash.

• Strong understanding of data engineering fundamentals, including integration, transformation, orchestration, and version control.

• Excellent client-facing and consultancy skills.

If this role aligns with your skills and experience, and you're looking to contribute to meaningful public sector data programmes, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to be considered.