Lead Data Engineer – National Security Solutions

Frontier Resourcing; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontier Resourcing's client in London is seeking an experienced Data Engineer with current UK security clearance to shape data solutions for major National Security programmes. You will design and deliver complex data architectures and pipelines, working closely with customers and internal teams onsite in Central London.

This role offers genuine influence over technical direction, hands-on engineering, potential for architectural leadership, and mentoring others, with exposure to geospatial and

Qualifications

• Strong experience across Python, AWS and cloud data technologies.
• Ability to design and build scalable data pipelines.
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes.
• Knowledge of data architecture and data modelling.
• Experience in distributed data processing.
• Experience with cloud-native engineering.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Technical solution design experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the data solution from design through delivery.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical leadership.
• Hands-on engineering and mentoring others.
• Engage directly with senior customer stakeholders.
• Influence how critical data capabilities are developed.

Skills

Python

AWS

Data pipelines

ETL

Data modelling

Distributed processing

Cloud-native engineering

CI/CD

IaC

Solution design

Job description

Frontier Resourcing's client in London is seeking an experienced Data Engineer with current UK security clearance to shape data solutions for major National Security programmes. You will design and deliver complex data architectures and pipelines, working closely with customers and internal teams onsite in Central London.

This role offers genuine influence over technical direction, hands-on engineering, potential for architectural leadership, and mentoring others, with exposure to geospatial and