Senior Data Engineer

Telford
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Senior Data Engineer - UK Hybrid | SC Cleared | £Competitive + Excellent Benefits

1/2 days a week required on site in TELFORD

Permanent | Major UK Government Programme | Azure / AWS / ETL / Python

Are you a skilled Data Engineer ready to work on some of the UK's most impactful technology challenges? We're working with a leading technology company supporting a major UK Government programme, and they're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join their dynamic, forward-thinking team.

This is a permanent role, open to candidates UK-wide, with remote working and ad-hoc travel to client or internal sites. You must hold (or be eligible for) SC clearance.

The Role

You'll play a key role in designing and delivering robust, secure, and scalable data solutions. Working across a range of projects, you'll collaborate with technical teams, partners, and stakeholders to deliver modern, high-performing data environments.

You'll be responsible for:

Designing and implementing data pipelines for analytics and BI systems

Maintaining and operating data platforms and streaming systems

Debugging, optimising and supporting complex data workflows

Leading on data architecture and platform evaluation

Supporting data migration, integration, and transformation activities

Playing a hands-on role in delivery planning and risk mitigation

What You'll Need

Strong experience with ETL tools like SSIS, Azure Data Factory, or AWS Glue

Cloud platform experience in AWS or Azure, including data services like Power BI or Pentaho

Solid understanding of Python and its data science/ML libraries

Agile delivery experience with task estimation and dependency management

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Bonus if you have:

Hadoop / Jenkins experience

Azure or AWS certifications

Familiarity with Java

Why Join?

This employer offers more than just a job - it's a place where your work has real-world impact. You'll enjoy a supportive, inclusive environment with real investment in your growth and well-being.

Benefits include:

Private medical insurance

33 days holiday (inc. public/privilege days)

Excellent pension scheme

Flexible benefits package

Dynamic working policy

Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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