The candidate should meet the following requirements
Job Description
Role Description
The ideal candidate will have
About the Role I am working with a growing consultancy delivering high-impact data solutions across secure government and defence environments. Due to continued project wins, we are looking for experienced DV Cleared Data Engineers to join their team.
You will work on mission-critical programmes, designing and building scalable, secure, and high-performing data platforms in AWS environments.
Key Responsibilities
1. Design, build, and maintain secure data pipelines and ETL processes
2. Develop scalable data lake and data warehouse solutions in AWS
3. Implement infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD for data platforms
4. Optimise data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency
5. Collaborate with architects, analysts, and client stakeholders
6. Ensure solutions meet strict security and compliance requirements
Essential Skills & Experience
7. Active DV Clearance (mandatory)
8. Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, EMR, RDS)
9. Proficiency in Python and/or Scala
10. Experience with SQL and data modelling
11. Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
12. Experience building production-grade data pipelines
13. Strong understanding of security best practices in cloud environments
Desirable Experience
14. Experience working within government or defence sectors
15. Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD tooling
16. Containerisation (Docker / Kubernetes)
17. Streaming technologies (Kafka / Kinesis)
What We Offer
18. Competitive salary (£45,000 – £90,000 depending on experience)
19. Performance bonus
20. Flexible working arrangements
21. Private healthcare
22. Pension contribution
23. Ongoing training and AWS certifications
24. Opportunity to work on high-profile national programmes