Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer | National Security

Location: London (hybrid)

Salary: Up to £72k (dependent on experience)

Type: Permanent

Clearance: Must hold or be eligible and willing to undergo UK security clearance

Build data platforms that support the UK’s national security mission.

Join a leading technology consultancy where you’ll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, shaping how complex data is processed, stored and made available to analysts, scientists and operational users.

The role

• Design, build and improve robust ETL pipelines and data flows.
• Develop cloud-hosted data infrastructure using software engineering and DataOps best practices.
• Shape data models, orchestration and security.
• Lead technical delivery, guide engineers and influence platform design and tooling decisions.
• Work directly with stakeholders to turn business challenges into practical data solutions.

What you’ll bring

• Strong SQL and Python, or a comparable programming language.
• Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud data services, data modelling and orchestration.
• A collaborative approach, with the confidence to lead technical discussions and explain decisions to non-technical stakeholders.

Why apply?

Meaningful projects, influence over technical decisions and room to develop across data architecture, strategy and data science. You’ll also receive a company bonus, private medical and dental cover, a competitive pension and 25 days’ holiday, with options to buy additional leave.

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