Senior Data Engineer - Hybrid DataOps & BI Innovator

MBDA; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension: up to 14% total contribution

Overtime paid

Flexi Leave: up to 15 days

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Free parking

Job summary

MBDA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Bolton to design enterprise-wide data and BI solutions. You will integrate data from simulators, manufacturing and enterprise systems to create governed, value-generating data assets. The role supports hybrid work with two days on-site.

We require experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT, Python and SQL, with knowledge of data governance and security aligned to defence requirements. BPSS checks apply; British citizenship is a requirement.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise-scale data and BI solutions across multiple sources.
• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT pipelines and data warehousing concepts.
• Familiarity with governance, security, and compliance in data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Capture needs and deliver end-to-end data solutions across technical and business domains.
• Build scalable ETL/ELT and streaming pipelines from various data sources.
• Architect data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses and time-series stores.

Skills

Python

SQL

Power BI

C++

C#

MATLAB

Spark

Kafka

Data Modeling

Data Governance

Tools

Airflow

Azure

SSIS

Tableau

Job description

MBDA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Bolton to design enterprise-wide data and BI solutions. You will integrate data from simulators, manufacturing and enterprise systems to create governed, value-generating data assets. The role supports hybrid work with two days on-site.

We require experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT, Python and SQL, with knowledge of data governance and security aligned to defence requirements. BPSS checks apply; British citizenship is a requirement.