Role: Senior Data Engineer
Rate: £700 per day inside IR35
Duration: 4 months + Ext
Location: National - London travel required (hybrid)
Clearance: Active SC clearance required
Are you a Senior Data Engineer with experience in modern, cloud-native data platforms and a drive to shape performance-led digital delivery? We are hiring on behalf of a central government programme undergoing a transformative journey to enhance data-driven decision-making at scale.
The Opportunity - Senior Data Engineer
The Senior Data Engineer will join a multi-disciplinary team working to redefine how performance is measured and managed across a large, national directorate. The team has already delivered an MVP dashboard using Amazon QuickSight, now in active use and is moving into an exciting rebuild phase with a fully automated, code-first approach.
This is more than a dashboard project - it's a strategic initiative to improve organisational health, leadership alignment, and delivery effectiveness through better data foundations. The Senior Data Engineer play a key role in transforming manual pipelines into scalable, automated solutions within a modern analytics platform, while embedding AI-native tools and working in lean, product-focused ways.
Key Responsibilities - Senior Data Engineer
* Rebuild and optimise existing data pipelines, reducing manual effort and improving reliability
* Lead on structuring data to align with performance, delivery, and leadership metrics
* Work with cloud-native tooling (AWS, dbt, Airflow) to build scalable data infrastructure
* Collaborate with digital, performance, and portfolio teams to drive cross-functional delivery
* Champion data quality, completeness, and usability at every stage of the data lifecycle
* Support experimentation with AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to enhance delivery
Skills & Experience - Senior Data Engineer
* Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining automated data pipelines
* Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL
* Experience with dbt and strong understanding of data modelling (e.g., star schema)
* Proficient with orchestration tools such as Airflow
* Comfortable working with AWS services (Glue, S3, etc.) or similar cloud platforms
* Experience with Git, GitHub Actions and CI/CD workflows
* Confident engaging stakeholders to shape technical solutions around real-world needs
* Comfortable iterating based on user feedback and operating in agile, product-oriented teams
* Open to using AI tooling and agile delivery methodologies to enhance engineering outcomes
This is a unique chance to contribute to a high-impact public sector transformation, where your work will directly influence strategic leadership and operational performance. If you thrive in environments where data is central to decision-making and innovation is encouraged, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now to discuss this role in more detail.
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