Data Engineer – Defence Data Pipelines & Cloud

Searchability; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

6% matched pension

Private healthcare

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Searchability, a fast-growing technical consultancy headquartered in Newcastle, is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join a team specialising in data, AI and software solutions across Defence and financial services.

You will build data foundations across production pipelines and applications, tackle hard-to-reach data, and work hands-on across the data engineering stack on challenging, real-world problems. This is an on-site role in the UK with potential travel and client engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building data-intensive applications and pipelines.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL or similar.
• Experience with Spark, Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP and/or Airflow.
• Strong focus on data quality, testing and reliability.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals and high engineering standards.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity while remaining outcome-focused.
• 1st or 2:1 degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics or related discipline.
• Defence/National Security experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data-intensive applications and pipelines, from ingestion through to consumption.
• Test, troubleshoot and improve data quality, reliability and performance.
• Provide technical expertise across projects and client engagements.
• Work flexibly across evolving project requirements.
• Collaborate with engineers and share technical knowledge.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Databricks

Customer consultancy

Education

2:1 degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics or related discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Airflow

Job description

Searchability, a fast-growing technical consultancy headquartered in Newcastle, is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join a team specialising in data, AI and software solutions across Defence and financial services.

You will build data foundations across production pipelines and applications, tackle hard-to-reach data, and work hands-on across the data engineering stack on challenging, real-world problems. This is an on-site role in the UK with potential travel and client engagements.