Data Engineer; SC Cleared

Data Engineer (SC Cleared)

Salary : £55,000 to £65,000 plus benefits

Location : UK wide, preference for Manchester or Bristol (Not essential)

Working pattern :
Hybrid, minimum 8 days per month on client site

Clearance :
Active SC required

A UK-based data and technology consultancy is expanding its delivery team on a defence programme. This role sits within a specialist data engineering function delivering secure, high-priority projects across national security and critical environments.

The focus is on building and operating robust data pipelines that directly support operational decision-making, analytics, and future AI use cases.

• Designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines in secure environments
• Building and supporting ETL frameworks for ingesting, transforming, and validating data
• Working with large structured datasets to ensure data quality, accuracy, and availability
• Implementing data models and storage solutions across cloud platforms
• Optimising performance, reliability, and cost of data workflows
• Supporting data governance, standards, and compliance frameworks
• Working closely with customers across the full delivery lifecycle

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer in complex or regulated environments
• Strong skills in Python and SQL
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Familiarity with modern data tooling such as Airflow, Spark, Snowflake, Big Query or similar
• Understanding of data governance, quality, and secure data handling
• Ability to work autonomously and engage directly with stakeholders

Applicants must hold active SC clearance, and have lived in the UK continuously for the last 5 years.