Data Engineer / Consultant

Change-IT Public Sector
Broad Street, Greater London, City And County Of the City Of London, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£60,000 – £100,000 pa

Salary

£60,000 – £100,000 pa

Posted
30 Mar 2026 (2 weeks ago)

We’re hiring a Data Engineer / Consultant Data Engineer to design and deliver scalable data pipelines and big data solutions for clients.

This is a client-facing role, combining hands-on engineering with stakeholder engagement and solution design.

Key Responsibilities

* Build and optimise data pipelines, ETL processes, and data platforms

* Develop solutions using Python, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop or similar

* Work in Agile teams to deliver production-ready systems

* Translate business requirements into technical data solutions

* Engage with stakeholders and communicate technical concepts clearly

* Deploy solutions using cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Skills & Experience

* Experience as a Data Engineer / Big Data Engineer

* Strong coding in Python, Scala or Java

* Hands-on with Spark, Kafka, ETL / data pipelines

* Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)

* Familiar with Agile and software engineering best practices

* Strong communication / stakeholder skills

Nice to Have

* Consulting or client-facing experience

* Docker, Kubernetes, DevOps, CI/CD

* Streaming or real-time data experience

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