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TEC Partners are working with a world leading defence and security company who work in collaboration with governments across the world to ensure international security across land, sea and air. They are leaders in highly sensitive international protection and continually seek to lead the way for innovation in their domain.

About this Big Data Engineer Role

As a Big Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in creating and maintaining systems to support our client's data science, AI and machine learning workloads. You will be required to work in a collaborative nature with different departments and ensure effective data integration.

Why Work as a Big Data Engineer with Our Client?

Competitive salary up to £115,000
Flexible working hours
Private healthcare
Holiday buy and sell
Career development
Performance bonus

What is Expected of you as a Big Data Engineer with Our Client?

UKIC security vetting
A minimum of 5 years of experience of working with Big Data as a Data Engineer
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative nature with the wider team and explain complex technical details to those of varying technical literacy
The ability to create scalable big data pipelines
A strong background in automation and scripting to Develop and maintain scripts to streamline data workflows.Responsibilities of a Big Data Engineer with Our Client

The ability to troubleshoot big data environment and optimize pipelines
Conduct end-to-end testing to ensure seamless tool and system integrations across the data stack.
Design and support secure, scalable systems using network protocols (TCP/IP, OSI)
Enable machine learning and AI workflows through tools like Jupyter, SpaCy, Transformers, and NLTK.
Implement and support BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Kibana) to drive actionable insights from complex data sets.If you are interested in this Big Data Engineer role and would like to learn more about it or other Data opportunities, please contact Stuart at TEC Partners today

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