Junior / Mid Level Data Engineer - Inside IR35 - SC Cleared

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Junior / Mid Level Data Engineer - SC Cleared
Inside IR35: £450 - £500 per day
Hybrid: Once a week in London
Start date: 5th Jan

We are supporting a major government data transformation initiative focused on strengthening the use of evidence-based insights across frontline and operational teams. As part of a new capability being built to process and analyse sensitive interview information, the programme requires a SFIA 3 (Junior - Mid Level) Data Engineer to design, deliver, and optimise secure backend data workflows.

This work is foundational: building the ingestion, orchestration, storage, and transformation layers that power the analytics tool.

The programme is just kicking off, and this is a great time to join, add value, and grow throughout a long-term programme.

Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop and maintain scalable cloud-native data pipelines
• Implement ETL/ELT processes to manage structured and unstructured data securely and efficiently
• Ensure data integrity, traceability and compliance across all pipeline stages
• Work with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and design decisions
• Apply DevOps best practices, monitoring, and automation to improve reliability
• Support continuous improvement of the platform’s performance and operational maturity
• Communicate progress, risks and trade-offs clearly to wider delivery stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience
• Strong Data Engineering experience within AWS environments
• Hands-on experience with core AWS data services:
 – S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Kinesis, Step Functions (or similar)
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data transformations and automation
• Experience with IaC and CI/CD tooling (Terraform, GitLab, etc.)
• Comfortable working with sensitive datasets and secure-by-design approaches
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, consulting mindset

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