Data Engineer

TechShack; Blandford Forum; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Matched pension & healthcare

Flexi-time

Training budget

Small business culture

Job summary

TechShack in the United Kingdom is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build the data platform for a Defence programme, on-site with MOD, shaping how data drives operational decisions.

You will ingest, transform and govern data, using Snowflake and Databricks, with strong SQL and Python. The role offers a permanent contract, bonus, and healthcare benefits, with 2–3 days on-site in Blandford Forum.

Qualifications

• Experience in data engineering within a defence environment.
• Snowflake and Databricks are essential.
• Active SC or DV clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and build ETL frameworks to ingest, transform, validate and cleanse data.
• Manage data structures and build robust data models for analytics and reporting.
• Implement data quality controls and prepare datasets for visualisation.
• Work on-prem and in the cloud within secure environments.
• Gather and validate data requirements directly with the customer.
• Tune data workflows for speed, cost and reliability.
• Contribute to data engineering best practices and communicate findings to stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data engineering

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

Spark

AWS

Azure

Job description

Data Engineer | Defence | SC or DV | Blandford (2-3 days on site)

Salary: £50k to £75k + bonus + benefits

Clearance: SC or DV (must be a British citizen, UK resident for the last 5 years)

Type: Permanent

A specialist defence and national security consultancy has just won a new project and needs a Data Engineer to help build it from the ground up.

You’ll be on site with the MOD customer, designing and delivering the data platform that operational decisions run on. It’s a new team on a new programme, so there’s plenty of room to shape how things are done.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing and building ETL frameworks to ingest, transform, validate and cleanse data
• Managing data structures and building robust data models for analytics and reporting
• Putting data quality controls in place and preparing datasets for visualisation
• Working on-prem and in the cloud within secure environments
• Gathering and validating data requirements directly with the customer
• Tuning data workflows for speed, cost and reliability
• Helping set data engineering best practice and presenting findings to stakeholders

What you’ll need

• Proven Data Engineering experience in a defence environment
• Snowflake and Databricks (essential)
• Strong SQL and Python
• Pipeline tools like Airflow or Spark
• AWS and/or Azure
• Solid grasp of data modelling, integration and governance
• Current SC or DV clearance

What’s in it for you

• Annual bonus
• Matched pension and healthcare
• Flexi-time (37.5 hour week, structured how you like)
• Training budget for courses and conferences
• Small business culture with the backing of a large organisation