[AWS] Senior Data Engineer - 6 Months [Outside IR35] - London

Sanderson Government & Defence; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government contracting firm in the United Kingdom is looking for a skilled Data Engineer with active SC Clearance to work on mission-critical public sector projects in London. This role blends technical skills with consulting; the ideal candidate should have experience in AWS, SQL, and Python, and be proactive in engaging with clients. The position requires a hybrid work arrangement, initially 2 days on site.

Qualifications

• Must have active SC Clearance.
• Consulting experience, able to engage with clients.
• Strong technical background in data engineering.

Responsibilities

• Work on mission-critical public sector projects.
• Represent complex business knowledge.
• Engage with clients and learn domain knowledge.

Skills

AWS

SQL

Python

Consulting

Data Engineering

DevOps

Job description

Overview

The contract market is gradually beginning to open again. Right now we are looking to expand our team of [AWS] Data Engineers to work on some excited, mission-critical, public sector projects. This is an opportunity for a skilled technical Data Engineer to take on a bit more of a consulting position in London.

The key challenge is representing complexities of business knowledge, rather than specific technical details; therefore a strong consultant who is willing to engage with clients, learn domain knowledge, be proactive and curious in addition to standard tech would be ideal for the role.

Tech Stack

• AWS – S3 for storage, Lambda functions, Athena (thus strong SQL), Glue, Glue Data Catalog
• Python
• Current frontend is Tableau but experience with any of them will be interchangeable
• DevOps experience a bonus e.g. Terraform, Drone, Kubernetes cluster management for microservice style API data consumption

Contract Summary

• Must have active SC Clearance
• Outside IR35
• 6 Month Contract
• Hybrid - Initially 2 Days a Week On Site
• London Based
• Government | Public Sector

How to apply

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