Data Engineer - SC cleared

Must hold or be eligible for UK Security Clearance

Our Data Engineers enable public sector organisations to embrace a data-driven approach by providing data platforms and services that are high-quality, cost-efficient, and tailored to the clients’ needs. They develop, operate, and maintain these services. They make sure they provide maximum value to data consumers, including analysts, scientists, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

At Made Tech we want to positively impact the future of the country by using technology to improve society, for everyone. We want to empower the public sector to deliver and continuously improve digital services that are user-centric, data-driven and freed from legacy technology. A key component of this is developing modern data systems and platforms that drive informed decision-making for our clients.

As a Data Engineer, you'll play a hands‑on role as a contributor to client projects, focusing on both delivering engineering work as well as upskilling members of the client team.

As a member of the Data and AI Practice within Made Tech, you will also participate in the continued development of the team. You’ll need to have a drive to deliver outcomes for users and have a desire to share your knowledge and participate in skill transfer sessions.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

We look for the following skills and experience. But if you don’t have some of the skills and experience listed below, don’t let that stop you from applying!

Engineering and Data Engineering:

• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure like AWS, GCP or Azure
• Have used version control systems, specifically Git or similar tools
• Understanding of TDD and diverse testing methodologies, such as data quality, integration, and unit testing
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines to maintain code quality and facilitate deployments
• Knowledge of Data Engineering fundamentals, including Batch processing and ETL/ELT
• Basic understanding of various data architectures, such as Lakes and Warehouses
• Knowledge of data cleansing and transformation within unified, standardised schemas
• Basic SQL

Dev Ops and Data Ops:

• Awareness of IaC tools, particularly Terraform
• Knowledge of basic logging and monitoring practice
• Knowledge of basic access controls, policies and approaches particularly on Cloud services

Consultancy

Skills:

• Enthusiasm for learning and self-development and sharing that within a team and organisation
• Showcasing and presentation skills
• Desire to work in a cross functional team environment
• A desire to understand client needs and requirements

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about Made Tech and the job opportunity. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Get in touch with our talent team if you’d like an informal chat about the role and your suitability before applying. We are hiring for this role directly, so will not respond to any CVs sent via external recruitment agencies.

We believe we can use tech to make public services better. We also believe this can happen best when our own team represents the society that actually uses the services we work on. We’re collectively continuing to grow a culture that is happy, healthy, safe and inspiring for people of all backgrounds and experiences, so we encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply for roles with us.

When you apply, we’ll put you in touch with a talent partner who can help with any needs or adjustments we may need to make to help with your application. This includes alternative formats for documents, the time allotted for interviews and any other needs. We also welcome any feedback on how we can improve the experience for future candidates.

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