Senior Data Engineer

CGI; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT services firm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and optimize data pipelines and platforms. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into impactful data solutions, enhancing decision-making across client organizations. Candidates should have strong skills in Python, SQL, and cloud technologies with experience in Agile teams. This position offers a competitive salary and includes a range of flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent pension

Private healthcare

Share scheme

Qualifications

• Proficiency in object-oriented or functional scripting languages such as Python, SQL, Scala, or Spark-SQL.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and technologies, including GCP, AWS, and Azure.
• Experience working within Agile development teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimise data pipelines and platforms.
• Translate business requirements into effective data solutions.
• Help build data-driven cultures across client organisations.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Modeling

Python

SQL

Azure DevOps

Education

Graduate degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Databricks

Spark

Kafka

Postgres

Cassandra

Talend

Matillion

Informatica

AWS Glue

Azure Data Factory

Jenkins

GitHub

Docker

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Data Engineer

Category: Analytics and Emerging Digital Technologies

Main location: United Kingdom, UK Wide - Various, UK Wide

Position ID:J0725-1450

Employment Type: Full Time

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Position Description:

Are you an experienced Data Engineer looking for your next challenge? If you have a proven track record in designing and implementing data pipelines, working with cloud technologies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams, we'd love to hear from you!

Whether you want to become a subject matter expert, specialise in a particular technical area, or you are interested in progressing through to a leadership role, it all starts at CGI. When you join us, we'll work together with you to identify where we can best utilise your existing experience, while providing the training necessary to fulfil current and future roles. A CGI career will offer you a complete tech experience, where you have control over your future.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named one of the 'World's Best Employers' by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching), which makes you a CGI Partner, not just an employee.

We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us, and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts and we will train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

You'll have the flexibility to work from your local CGI office or from home, with travel to client site, as required. All successful applicants must hold, or be eligible and willing to obtain, UK Security Clearance (SC).

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Be part of something exciting and help strengthen the digital revolution. You'll join our innovative UK team tasked with creating and managing data infrastructure and tools, typically designing and building data pipelines and platforms that underpin critical projects.

Our successful Digital Solutions Centre is continuing to expand and we're looking for more talented individuals to help us meet growing demand from our clients. Our teams are bursting with talent, and are trusted to help deliver transformative digital work for clients across multiple industries in both the private and public sectors.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, and optimisation of data pipelines and platforms, supporting clients across public and private sectors. This position also offers the opportunity to play a key role in data engineering initiatives, and your insights and expertise will help drive innovation, ensuring our solutions remain cutting-edge and scalable to meet growing client demands.

Furthermore, you'll work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into effective data solutions. Your role will be instrumental in building data-driven cultures across client organisations, helping them leverage analytics to drive better decision-making.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

We're looking for a range of the following skills and experiences:
• Proficiency in object-oriented or functional scripting languages such as Python, SQL, Scala, or Spark-SQL.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and technologies, including GCP, AWS, and Azure.
• Expertise in data tools such as Databricks, Spark, Kafka, and relational or NoSQL databases like Postgres or Cassandra.
• Familiarity with data pipeline and workflow management tools such as Talend, Matillion, Informatica, AWS Glue or Azure Data Factory.
• Experience working within Agile development teams.
• Experience in data warehousing.
• Expertise in building and optimising 'big data' pipelines, architectures, and datasets.

Desirable:
• Knowledge of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and supporting infrastructure, system, and security configurations (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes).
• A graduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field.

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Skills:

• Data Engineering
• Data Modeling
• Python
• SQL
• Azure DevOps

What you can expect from us:

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