SC Cleared Principal Data Engineer

Pearson Whiffin Recruitment Ltd
Reading, UK
14 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
£156,000.0 - £234,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Airflow Amazon Web Services Data Analysis Microsoft Azure Information Engineering Data Infrastructure Data Integration Extract Transform Load (ETL) Python (Programming Language) Microsoft Software Cloud Services
+9 more
Software Engineering SQL Databases Google Cloud Azure Data Factory Snowflake Apache Spark Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines Databricks

Job description

An established Client is seeking an SC Cleared Principal Data Engineer on an initial contract. You’ll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable data pipelines and platforms Working within a collaborative Agile team, you’ll deliver robust data engineering solutions using modern cloud technologies while ensuring compliance with security and governance standards. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to mission-critical projects within a secure environment. Responsibilities -Lead the design, development, and governance of enterprise-scale data platforms, architectures, and engineering standards. -Build and optimise secure, scalable cloud-based data solutions that enable reporting, analytics, AI, and business intelligence capabilities. -Design and maintain modern ETL/ELT pipelines, data integration frameworks, and reusable data products.

Requirements

7 years’ experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Development, or Software Engineering. -Strong experience designing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms using Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. -Expertise with technologies such as Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Airflow, Spark, SQL, and Python. -Proven experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and modern data architectures.

Benefits & conditions

Between £600 - £900 Per day inside IR35

About the company

Pearson Carter is the Global Leader in Microsoft Technology, Web, Mobile and Software Development Recruitment with specialist roles across the globe - www.pearsoncarter.com

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