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Data Engineer

Location: Newcastle Working pattern: Hybrid (3 days per week onsite)

Please note: This role requires eligibility for BPSS and SC Security Clearance, including 5 years’ continuous UK residency.

The Role We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join a growing technology team delivering cloud and data solutions across a range of complex projects. You’ll design and build scalable data pipelines, work with modern cloud technologies, and collaborate with engineers, analysts and product teams to deliver high-quality data solutions that support analytics and AI.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines
  • Develop real-time and batch data processing solutions
  • Work with AWS cloud services and modern data technologies
  • Support CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
  • Collaborate within Agile teams and contribute to engineering best practices

Skills & Experience

  • 3+ years’ commercial experience in Data Engineering
  • Strong Java or Python development skills
  • Experience with Kafka, Flink or Spark
  • Experience building ETL/ELT or streaming data pipelines
  • Knowledge of AWS (Azure or GCP also considered)
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD tools
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform Desirable
  • Experience with Databricks, Snowflake or BigQuery
  • Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure or GCP)
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers or working in a consulting environment

This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, large-scale data projects using modern cloud technologies while continuing to develop your technical skills within a collaborative engineering team.

Reasonable Adjustments

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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