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Senior Data Engineer - DV Cleared

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Senior Data Engineer
DV Cleared

£500 - £600 per day - Outside IR35

JOB DESCRIPTION This role requires strong expertise in building and managing data pipelines using the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and Apache NiFi. The successful candidate will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure data solutions, ensuring compliance with strict security standards and regulations. This is a UK based onsite role with the option of compressed hours. The role will include:

Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable data pipelines using the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and Apache NiFi.
Implement data ingestion, transformation, and integration processes, ensuring data quality and security.
Collaborate with data architects and security teams to ensure compliance with security policies and data governance standards.
Manage and monitor large-scale data flows in real-time, ensuring system performance, reliability, and data integrity.
Develop robust data models to support analytics and reporting within secure environments.
Perform troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning of data pipelines and the Elastic Stack.
Build dashboards and visualizations in Kibana to enable data-driven decision-making.
Ensure high availability and disaster recovery for data systems, implementing appropriate backup and replication strategies.
Document data architecture, workflows, and security protocols to ensure smooth operational handover and audit readiness

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