Data Engineer - Gloucester

Gloucester location - hybrid working when possible
Must hold active Enhanced DV Clearance (West)
Competitive Salary DOE - 6% bonus, 25 days holiday, clearance bonus
Experience in Data Pipelines, ETL processing, Data Integration, Apache, SQL/NoSQL
Who Are We?
Our client is a trusted and growing supplier to the National Security sector, delivering mission-critical solutions that help keep the nation safe, secure, and prosperous. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including AI/Data Science, Cyber, Cloud, DevOps/SRE, and Platform Engineering. They have long-term contracts secured across the latest customer framework and are set for significant growth.
What will the Data Engineer be Doing?
You will develop mission-critical data solutions and manage pipelines that transform diverse data sources into valuable insights for our client's National Security customers. You will collaborate with clients to solve complex challenges, utilising distributed computing techniques to handle large-scale, real-time, and unstructured data.
Responsibilities include:
Design and develop data pipelines, including ingestion, orchestration, and ETL processing (e.g., NiFi).
Ensure data consistency, quality, and security across all processes.
Create and maintain database schemas and data models.
Integrate and enrich data from diverse sources, maintaining data integrity.
Maintain and enhance existing architectural components such as Data Ingest and Data Stores.
Troubleshoot and diagnose issues within integrated (enriched) data systems.
Collaborate with the scrum team to decompose user requirements into epics and stories.
Write clean, secure, and reusable code following a test-driven development approach.
Monitor system performance and implement updates to maintain optimal operation.
The Data Engineer Should Have:
Active eDV clearance (West)
Willingness to work full time on site in Gloucester when required.
Required technical experience in the following:
Apache Kafka
Apache NiFI
SQL and noSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
ETL processing languages such as Groovy, Python or Java
To be Considered:
Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to . For further information please call me on 0161 416 6800 / 07719065951 - I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit from 7am until 10pm. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also feel free to follow me on Twitter @SearchableHenry or connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Henry Clay-Davies (searchability). I look forward to hearing from you.
KEY SKILLS:
DATA ENGINEER / DATA ENGINEERING / DEFENCE / NATIONAL SECURITY / DATA STRATEGY / DATA PIPELINES / DATA GOVERNANCE / SQL / NOSQL / APACHE / NIFI / KAFKA / ETL / GLOUCESTER / DV / SECURITY CLEARED / DV CLEARANCE

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