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Data Engineer | | Newcastle | SC Clearance Essential

Opus Recruitment Solutions
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 4JA, United Kingdom
Last week
£35,000 – £57,000 pa

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£35,000 – £57,000 pa

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Contract Duration
12 months
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
28 May 2026 (Last week)
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Data Engineer (Streaming) – Requirements

Strong coding in Java (preferred) or Python

Experience with Kafka, Flink, or Spark (Flink/Kafka ideal)

Solid understanding of stream processing (event time, state, backpressure)

Experience building ETL/ELT or real-time data pipelines

Knowledge of microservices and distributed systemsTech & Cloud

Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (AWS preferred)

Familiarity with Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQueryEngineering Practices

Strong in testing, CI/CD, Git

Experience with Terraform, Docker, KubernetesExperience

3+ years in data engineering

Agile experience and strong communication skillsNice to Have

Consulting/client-facing experience

Real-time/low-latency systems

Certifications or mentoring experienceDetails

12 month FTC, very likely to convert to perm

Upto 3 days per week in Newcastle

Pay dependant on experience

SC Clearance Essential

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