Latest Defence Jobs

Palantir Consultant

This role involves designing and developing scalable data solutions within the Palantir Foundry platform, building data pipelines, and creating high-quality data assets for operational and AI use cases. You will work closely with client stakeholders to understand business challenges and deliver practical solutions in a multidisciplinary, agile team environment.

Experis United Kingdom £45,000 – £70,000 pa

SC Cleared Data Engineer

You will design, develop, and optimize cloud-based data integration and analytics solutions using AWS Glue, PySpark, and Python. Key responsibilities include building scalable ETL pipelines, data lakes, and data processing frameworks, with a focus on AWS services and security best practices.

Fuel Recruitment Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7JT, United Kingdom £550 – £600 pd
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Enterprise Account Executive - Public Sector

This role involves leading sales initiatives for Databricks within major Defence contractors, focusing on driving adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The Account Executive will identify high-impact big data and AI use cases, collaborate with technical teams and partners, and engage C-level executives to advance data and AI transformation. Success requires navigating complex, multi-national sales cycles and building strategic business cases in a highly regulated sector.

Databricks London, United Kingdom

Data Engineer - DV Cleared

This role involves designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable data solutions for a high-profile defence programme. You'll work with modern data technologies, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and enjoy a condensed 3-day work week while being paid for 5 days.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom £55 – £60 ph

Data Engineer- MOD Environment

This role involves developing and maintaining data solutions within Azure, supporting enterprise service integration, operational reporting, and data-driven decision-making. You will work closely with service architects, management teams, and technical stakeholders to ensure data accuracy, security, and alignment with enterprise service delivery requirements.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Great Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2AA, United Kingdom £550 – £600 pd

Data Engineer

This role involves designing and delivering secure, scalable data solutions for critical MOD programmes. Responsibilities include building robust data pipelines, improving data quality, and working with Snowflake, Databricks, Python, and SQL. The position offers the opportunity to influence data architecture and work in a flexible, collaborative environment.

Forward Role Gillingham, United Kingdom £50,000 – £75,000 pa
Hybrid Permanent Flexible Clearance Required

Data Developers

The role involves designing, building, and maintaining robust data pipelines to support critical business and investment activities. You will work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure data accuracy, accessibility, and platform performance, while contributing to the continuous improvement of the firm's data platform.

Harvey Nash Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom £65,000 – £85,000 pa

Senior Data Engineer (Oracle, ETL & Analytics)

You will design, develop, and support data integration, warehousing, and reporting solutions for a secure government programme. The role involves working with Oracle databases, ETL processes, and data quality, within a complex enterprise environment.

Experis Bristol, Bristol (county), United Kingdom £550 – £650 pd

Senior Data Engineer

This role involves designing and building robust data pipelines and infrastructure to transform complex data into reliable resources. You will work closely with engineers and partners to ensure data quality, lineage, and security in both cloud and on-premise environments.

The Alan Turing Institute London, United Kingdom £57 – £69 pa
Permanent

Head of Data & Analytics

The Head of Data & Analytics will lead the development of a modern, scalable data ecosystem at VolkerWessels UK, driving business performance through data-driven insights. Responsibilities include shaping the data strategy, leading a high-performing team, implementing data governance, and developing cloud-based data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Power BI.

VolkerWessels Little Amwell, Hertfordshire, SG13 7QX, United Kingdom

Data Engineer - SC Cleared

This role involves designing and building data-intensive applications and pipelines for Defence and financial services, working on technically challenging problems and collaborating with a team of experienced engineers. The position requires strong programming skills in Python, SQL, Spark, and Databricks, with a focus on data quality and reliability.

Searchability Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom £65,000 – £105,000 pa

Software Engineer, - Infrastructure

This role involves building and maintaining core infrastructure systems that power Palantir's data platforms, including Foundry, Gotham, and Apollo. Engineers will work on scalable backend systems, developer tools, observability, and deployment infrastructure, often in Kubernetes-based environments. The position emphasizes high-impact contributions to mission-critical software used by government and private sector institutions.

Palantir Technologies London, United Kingdom
On-site Internship Clearance Required

Software Engineer, New Grad - Infrastructure

This role involves building and maintaining core infrastructure systems that power Palantir's mission-critical platforms, including Foundry, Gotham, and Apollo. Engineers will work on scalable backend systems, developer tools, observability, and deployment infrastructure, often diving into open-source technologies to solve complex problems. The position emphasizes collaboration, deep technical problem-solving, and creating platforms used by other developers in high-stakes environments.

Palantir Technologies London, United Kingdom
Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Data Engineer - SC Cleared

This role involves owning the data platform for a UK government programme, focusing on robust data engineering and building RAG pipelines. You will design and maintain data pipelines, model data for analytics, and implement retrieval systems for unstructured content, ensuring security and governance in an SC-cleared environment.

VIQU IT London, United Kingdom £500 – £1,000 pd

Senior Information Security Infrastructure Engineer - Security Architecture - InfoSec

This role involves owning the end-to-end security telemetry pipeline, from ingesting data from cloud providers, identity systems, and endpoints into Elasticsearch, to maintaining the health and scalability of Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes clusters. The engineer ensures reliable data flow, manages index lifecycle and cross-cluster search, and leverages automation and AI-assisted tooling to reduce operational toil. The work directly supports detection, incident response, and security consulting teams with high-quality, queryable security data.

Elastic United Kingdom