Senior Data / DataOps Engineer (Active SC Clearance)
You must hold active and current SC Clearance, have UK Residency and hold a UK passport.
Location: Remote/hybrid with occasional travel.
Rate: £625pd, outside IR35.
Contract Length: 6 months initially.
This project is at the cutting edge of machine learning, working with a talented team delivering important advances for a large government department.
Essential Skills and Experience Needed:
1. Python (applied ML): pandas, numpy, Jupyter, strong scripting and reusable code
2. ML frameworks: PyTorch and or TensorFlow (plus scikit-learn)
3. Data exploration & quality: EDA, visualisation (matplotlib/plotly), dataset profiling, class balance, outliers
4. Labelling workflows: hands-on annotation and ontology work, label QA (inter-annotator agreement), confidence scoring, audit trail mindset
5. Pipeline building: reproducible pre-processing and training pipelines (not necessarily Kubernetes), eg Python pipelines, Airflow/Prefect/Luigi-style orchestration, and good experiment hygiene
6. Experiment tracking: MLflow and or Weights & Biases (runs, metrics, artefacts, model registry)
7. Version control: Git, plus dataset/versio...