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Senior Data Engineer

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My client, a prestigious government organisation, are seeking an SC Cleared Senior Data Engineer on an initial 4 month contract basis.

A key focus for this role will be strengthening their data foundations - reviewing and improving existing pipelines, some of which are still manual, and replacing them with more modern, automated and consistent approaches using our Analytical Platform.

Duration of role: Initially 4 months – subject to extension once in post

Location: National with preference for London – 2 days a week

A live SC Clearance is required

Skills & experience required

  • Strong experience designing, building and maintaining data pipelines using modern, cloud- based tools and practices

  • Proficiency in Python and SQL for data engineering tasks

  • Experience with dbt and a good understanding of data modelling approaches (e.g. star schema, dimensional modelling)

  • Familiarity with Airflow or similar orchestration tools

  • Comfortable working with AWS services such as Glue and S3, or equivalent cloud infrastructure

  • Experience using version control and CI/CD tools like Git and GitHub Actions

  • Confident working independently and taking ownership of problems and solutions

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