Data Engineer

Job Title: Data Engineer

Rate: £450 per day inside ir35

Duration: 6 months

Location: Telford/Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

SC security clearance is required for this role

Job Description:

We are seeking experienced Data Engineers to join our growing team within a large, long-standing public-sector partnership. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to data acquisition, preparation and management projects, helping to modernise services and deliver secure, reliable data products at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust, secure and performant data integration solutions (batch and/or near-Real Time).
• Build, operate and improve data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, curation) with monitoring, alerting and SLAs.
• Collaborate with product teams and client stakeholders to refine requirements and align decisions to NFRs (cost, performance, security).
• Support incident resolution and ensure service continuity.
• Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and contribute to Capgemini's engineering communities of practice.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and work cross-functionally with engineers, analysts and business teams.

Expereince Required:

• Strong SQL and hands-on experience with data modelling.
• Hands-on with ETL/ELT tooling (at least one of Talend, Pentaho DI, Informatica, AWS Glue, or SAS).
• Experience with databases/data platforms (ideally Oracle or Cloudera).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (ideally AWS).
• Good experience with programming/Scripting languages (eg Python, Bash).
• Strong grasp of data engineering fundamentals, including integration, transformation, orchestration, and version control.
• Excellent client-facing and consultancy skills.

If you are interested in this role, please fell free to submit your CV