Data Engineer - SC cleared

Made Tech Group; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days Holiday

Flexible Parental Leave

Remote Working

Paid counselling

Job summary

Made Tech is hiring a Data Engineer to join its Data and AI Practice, working on public sector projects to build and operate modern data platforms. You’ll contribute hands-on engineering work while upskilling client teams and helping the practice grow with knowledge sharing.

The role emphasizes delivering data-driven, user-centric solutions, improving decision-making and contributing to a collaborative, inclusive culture at Made Tech.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Proficient with Git version control.
• Familiar with TDD and data quality testing.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for deployments.
• Fundamentals of ETL/ELT and data architectures.
• Basic SQL and data cleansing skills.
• IaC tooling knowledge, especially Terraform.
• Awareness of data security controls in cloud environments.
• Strong consultancy, presentation and client-facing skills.
• Willingness to learn and share knowledge within a team.

Responsibilities

• As a Data Engineer, contribute to client projects delivering engineering work and upskilling client teams.
• As part of Made Tech's Data and AI Practice, help develop the team and share knowledge.
• As a hands-on engineer, drive value for analysts, scientists and business stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Git version control

TDD and testing (data quality, CI)

CI/CD pipelines

ETL/ELT fundamentals

Data architectures (Lakes/Warehouses)

Data cleansing and transformation

Basic SQL

IaC tools (Terraform)

Logging and monitoring basics

Cloud access controls & policies

Enthusiasm for learning and sharing

Presentation and consultancy skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Understanding client needs

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Must hold or be eligible for UK Security Clearance

Our Data Engineers enable public sector organisations to embrace a data-driven approach by providing data platforms and services that are high-quality, cost-efficient, and tailored to the clients’ needs. They develop, operate, and maintain these services. They make sure they provide maximum value to data consumers, including analysts, scientists, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

At Made Tech we want to positively impact the future of the country by using technology to improve society, for everyone. We want to empower the public sector to deliver and continuously improve digital services that are user-centric, data-driven and freed from legacy technology. A key component of this is developing modern data systems and platforms that drive informed decision-making for our clients.

As a Data Engineer, you'll play a hands‑on role as a contributor to client projects, focusing on both delivering engineering work as well as upskilling members of the client team.

As a member of the Data and AI Practice within Made Tech, you will also participate in the continued development of the team. You’ll need to have a drive to deliver outcomes for users and have a desire to share your knowledge and participate in skill transfer sessions.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

We look for the following skills and experience. But if you don’t have some of the skills and experience listed below, don’t let that stop you from applying!

Engineering and Data Engineering:

• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure like AWS, GCP or Azure
• Have used version control systems, specifically Git or similar tools
• Understanding of TDD and diverse testing methodologies, such as data quality, integration, and unit testing
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines to maintain code quality and facilitate deployments
• Knowledge of Data Engineering fundamentals, including Batch processing and ETL/ELT
• Basic understanding of various data architectures, such as Lakes and Warehouses
• Knowledge of data cleansing and transformation within unified, standardised schemas
• Basic SQL

DevOps and DataOps:

• Awareness of IaC tools, particularly Terraform
• Knowledge of basic logging and monitoring practice
• Knowledge of basic access controls, policies and approaches particularly on Cloud services

Consultancy Skills:

• Enthusiasm for learning and self-development and sharing that within a team and organisation
• Showcasing and presentation skills
• Desire to work in a cross functional team environment
• A desire to understand client needs and requirements

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about Made Tech and the job opportunity. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Get in touch with our talent team if you’d like an informal chat about the role and your suitability before applying. We are hiring for this role directly, so will not respond to any CVs sent via external recruitment agencies.

We believe we can use tech to make public services better. We also believe this can happen best when our own team represents the society that actually uses the services we work on. We’re collectively continuing to grow a culture that is happy, healthy, safe and inspiring for people of all backgrounds and experiences, so we encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply for roles with us.

When you apply, we’ll put you in touch with a talent partner who can help with any needs or adjustments we may need to make to help with your application. This includes alternative formats for documents, the time allotted for interviews and any other needs. We also welcome any feedback on how we can improve the experience for future candidates.

We’re committed to building a happy, inclusive and diverse workforce. You can get a sense of what it’s like working here from our blog, where we talk about mental health, communities of practice and neurodiversity (as well as our client work and best practice).

Like many organisations, we use Slack to foster a sense of community and connection. As well as special interest groups such as music, food and pets, we also have 10+ Slack channels dedicated to specific communities, allies, and identities as well as dedicated learning spaces called communities of practice (COPs). If you’d like to speak to someone from one of these groups about their experience as an employee, please do let a member of the Made Tech talent team know.

We are always listening to our growing teams and evolving the benefits available to our people. As we scale, as do our benefits and we are scaling quickly. We've recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan. We’re also big on connection and have an optional social and wellbeing calendar of events for all employees to join should they choose to.

Here are some of our most popular benefits listed below:

• 30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leave
• Flexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave options
• Remote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staff
• Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice.