Data Engineering Lead — Cloud & Analytics

Leonardo UK Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Professional growth opportunities

Competitive pension and benefits

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable data solutions across hybrid and cloud environments. You will guide teams through the data lifecycle, mentor engineers, and shape data strategy across programmes.

You’ll collaborate with DevOps, Data Scientists and Analysts, drive performance, and report to senior stakeholders while enabling career growth for direct reports in a fast‑paced, security‑conscious setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in data engineering, with experience managing and mentoring others.
• Ability to take ownership of engineering delivery and drive team performance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A proactive mindset with a commitment to continuous learning and capability development.
• Proven ability to work across disciplines and collaborate effectively in multi-functional teams.
• A strategic approach to problem-solving and technical decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and oversight for data engineering delivery within your team
• Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of end-to-end data solutions: acquisition, integration, storage, processing, and analysis
• Implement scalable data solutions using big data architectures and workflow management systems
• Guide the development of tools for data-driven insights and task automation
• Continuously test and monitor systems to improve performance and reliability
• Research and adopt emerging technologies
• Work with cloud platforms and diverse operating systems
• Support development and deployment of machine learning models
• Collaborate with DevOps Engineers, Data Scientists, Analysts and Cyber Consultants
• Mentor and coach junior data engineers to build team capability, while managing project tasks across your own and their workloads.
• Support technology assessments, feasibility studies, and roadmap development
• Engage with stakeholders and customers, presenting and defending technical solutions
• Manage a small team of direct reports, providing guidance, mentorship and support for their career development
• Support the effective operation of the wider team through utilisation tracking, chairing team meetings and resource management

Skills

Python

SQL

ETL

Data pipelines

Orchestration tools

CI/CD

Big data

Spark

Hadoop

NiFi

People management

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery planning

Education

STEM or related degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable data solutions across hybrid and cloud environments. You will guide teams through the data lifecycle, mentor engineers, and shape data strategy across programmes.

You’ll collaborate with DevOps, Data Scientists and Analysts, drive performance, and report to senior stakeholders while enabling career growth for direct reports in a fast‑paced, security‑conscious setting.