Data Engineer

Roke; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Roke is hiring a Data Engineer for their National Security Business in Gloucester. You will develop technical solutions focusing on data services, enabling analytics for critical missions.

Your role includes handling data pipelines, ensuring quality and consistency, and implementing security measures. You will work with cutting-edge technologies such as AI, AWS, and big data tools to yield insightful data for national security. The role offers hybrid working arrangements, allowing flexibility in your professional life.

Qualifications

• Experience with Big Data technologies like Apache Hadoop, Spark or Pig.
• Proficient in AWS.
• Skilled in Python or Java.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop data pipelines and analytics.
• Integrate and enrich data from various sources.
• Extract actionable intelligence from data.
• Implement data security measures.

Skills

Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Pig)

AWS

Python or Java

Job description

Data Engineer - National Security Business

Be part of a growing and highly trusted supplier into the NS domain working to deliver mission critical solutions helping to keep the nation safe, secure and prosperous.

Working on leading edge technology solutions including AI/DS, Cyber, Cloud, DevOPs/SRE, Platform Engineering.

We have secured long term work, across the full spectrum, on the latest framework with the client, which provides the springboard for our ongoing growth and development in this domain, so join us on what will be an incredible growth journey.

Role

As a Data Engineer, you’ll be actively involved in development of mission critical technical solutions that focus on data services for our National Security customers.

You will work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.

As our next Data Engineer, you’ll be managing and developing data pipelines and analytics that transform raw data into valuable insights for Roke’s National Security customers, enabling downstream analytics and reporting. You’ll be working with diverse data sources, applying distributed compute techniques to handle large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Data pipeline development - Data ingestion and pipeline orchestration design and tooling.
• Data integration - Integrating and enriching data from various sources, ensuring data consistency and quality.
• Data analytics - Extracting valuable insights from data to provide customers with actionable intelligence.
• Data security - Implementing data security measures to protect sensitive information.
• Data systems - Monitoring for performance issues and making any necessary optimisations/updates.
• Helping the scrum team decompose user requests and key results into epics and stories.
• Writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach.
• Creating code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse.

Required Skills

• Experience with Big Data technologies, such as Apache Hadoop, Spark or Pig
• AWS
• Python or Java

Built on over a 70 year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act – through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe – that’s our mission, passion, and motivation.

Location

GLOUCESTER - Alongside hybrid and flexible working options, you’ll find our Gloucester site in a business park two minutes from junction 11A of the M5; The site allows easy access to our local customer base. Set on the outskirts of the Cotswolds, you are never far from a picturesque view or lunch time walk.

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance.