Data Engineer

Role

Title:

Data Engineer

Duration: contract to run until 31/03/2027

Location: Hybrid. Bristol visits twice a month - predominantly remote

Rate: TBC Umbrella inside IR35

Clearance required: Active SC Clearance Desired. SC Eligible required

Embedded within the Data & Digital Analytics Platform (DDAP). This role focuses on developing, maintaining, and supporting data pipelines between BMfS applications and DDAP. The postholder ensures BMfS data is reliably ingested, transformed, and made available for reporting, analytics, and operational use.

• Design, build, and support data pipelines and integrations between BMfS systems (e.g. case management, payments, workflow) and DDAP.
• Implement and maintain ETL/ELT processes, ensuring data is accurate, timely, and fit for purpose.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve data pipeline failures and performance issues in live service.
• Apply data quality checks, validation, and basic governance controls (e.g. schema, lineage, access).
• Work with analysts and service teams to ensure data is correctly structured for MI, reporting, and analytics.

• Strong experience building and supporting data pipelines in cloud platforms (e.g. DDAP, AWS, Azure).
• Proficiency in SQL and Python (or similar) for data processing.
• Practical experience with data modelling and transformation for analytics use.
• Understanding of data quality, security, and live service support considerations.
• Ability to work within existing platform standards and integrate with operational systems and legacy data sources.