Data Engineer

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
London, United Kingdom
Yesterday
£400 – £429 pd

Salary

£400 – £429 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
5 Jun 2026 (Yesterday)

Benefits

Flexible Working Arrangements Ongoing Professional Development Certification Opportunities Excellent Career Progression Opportunities

Data Engineer

London / remote

£429 per day inside IR35

6 months duration

Active SC clearance

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering large-scale cloud and data transformation programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to work on complex data platforms, leveraging modern cloud technologies and best-in-class engineering practices to build scalable, secure, and high-quality data solutions.

You'll play a key role in designing and developing data pipelines, integrating data from multiple sources, and helping organisations unlock the value of their data through robust engineering and architecture.

What You'll Be Doing

Designing, developing, and optimising enterprise-scale data pipelines.

Building cloud-native data solutions using AWS and Azure.

Developing and supporting ETL/ELT processes using Informatica.

Working with large datasets to ensure data quality, performance, and reliability.

Collaborating with architects, developers, analysts, and business stakeholders.

Supporting CI/CD, automation, and DevOps best practices.

Contributing to Agile delivery teams and driving engineering excellence.

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills

Strong experience with Informatica.

Proven delivery experience on data engineering or data transformation projects.

Hands-on AWS experience.

Experience working within Azure environments.

Strong SQL skills and understanding of modern data engineering principles.

Desirable Skills

Python and PySpark development.

AWS services including EMR, S3, Lambda, Athena, and Redshift.

Apache Spark and large-scale batch processing.

Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.

Git/GitLab and modern software development practices.

API integration and data services.

Data warehousing, dimensional modelling, and dbt.

Power BI familiarity.

Experience working within government or highly regulated environments.

What's In It For You?

Opportunity to work on impactful, large-scale data programmes.

Exposure to modern cloud and data technologies.

Collaborative and supportive engineering culture.

Ongoing professional development and certification opportunities.

Flexible working arrangements and excellent career progression opportunities.If you're passionate about building scalable cloud data solutions and want to work on complex, high-profile programmes, we'd love to hear from you.

If this Data Engineer role is of interest, apply now or email your CV to me at (url removed)

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