Remote Data Engineer — Public Sector Data Pipelines

Scrumconnect Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible part-time hours

Mostly remote working

Learning opportunities

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines and platforms that power digital services for public sector projects. The role is remote with one day per week in our Newcastle office, offering flexible hours and meaningful work.

You will work with SQL-based systems, cloud data platforms, and CI/CD for data pipelines, collaborating with architects, analysts and developers to ensure data quality, security and governance while

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server or Oracle.
• Programming experience in Python (or Scala or Java).
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as AWS or Azure (for example, S3, Glue, Redshift, Azure Data Factory or Synapse).
• Understanding of data modelling and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with version control (Git).
• Good problem-solving and communication skills.
• Able to work independently and remotely, and to travel to Newcastle once a week.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) to collect, transform and load data from a range of sources.
• Develop and manage data storage solutions, including data warehouses and data lakes.
• Ensure data quality, accuracy and consistency through validation, testing and monitoring.
• Work with Data Architects, Analysts and Developers to understand data needs and deliver reliable solutions.
• Optimise data workflows for performance, scalability and cost.
• Follow data security, privacy and governance standards.
• Document pipelines, data models and processes clearly.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data issues quickly and effectively.

Skills

SQL

Relational databases

Python

ETL/ELT

Cloud platforms

Data modelling

Git

Data quality

Tools

AWS

Azure

S3

Redshift

Azure Data Factory

Synapse

Databricks

Airflow

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines and platforms that power digital services for public sector projects. The role is remote with one day per week in our Newcastle office, offering flexible hours and meaningful work.

You will work with SQL-based systems, cloud data platforms, and CI/CD for data pipelines, collaborating with architects, analysts and developers to ensure data quality, security and governance while