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Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Leicester, GB, LE8 6LH Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG Bath, GB, BA22 8HT Manchester, GB, M30 7RU Peterborough, GB, PE28 2EA Lyneham, Swindon, GB, SN15 4PZ Westminster, London, GB, W1U 1QX Warrington, GB, WA4 6HL

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Data Engineer

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £34,900-£45,200 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract 52 weeks

Role ID: SF66212

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Data Engineer.

The role

As a Data Engineer,you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll design, build, and sustain systems and architectures that enable the collection, processing, storage, and access of UKA and customer data, delivering robust support for analytics.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the governance and protection of data in use, while contributing to the selection and deployment of new tools and technologies that enhance how we generate, capture, integrate, and process data. You’ll also:

  • Work with the wider business unit to deliver analysis projects, leading on the data collection and management elements
  • Lead the collection, cleansing and plumbing of data from various digital and analogue sources, including the setup of application programming interface (APIs) and automated data extraction from external sources
  • Audit and manage data quality across sources, providing insight on issues and areas for improvement
  • Support the Data Analyst with identifying trends and patterns within large datasets
  • Monitor and manage all respective data infrastructure, pipelines and architectures within assigned projects, including troubleshooting

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Bristol, Leicester, Devonport, Lyneham, Warrington, Whetstone, London, Wyton and Yeovilton. The role requires regular travel to a range of internal and/or customer sites alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Data Engineer

  • Experience busing and consuming APIs for data integration
  • Experience managing Data Security, Quality and Compliance
  • Experience in Metadata management
  • High degree of competence in using programming languages such as SQL, Java, Python & R
  • Experience using data processing/pipelining tools, such as Spark

Qualifications for the Data Engineer

  • Degree level qualification in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or Engineering, or relevant demonstrable experience, skills and qualifications

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  • Growth opportunities


Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.


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