Senior Data Engineer

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Senior Data Engineer (Contract)

Location: UK (Remote / Hybrid)

Contract Type: Contract (Outside IR35)


Role Overview


We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer (Contract) to support the delivery of secure, business-critical data platforms within high-assurance, regulated environments. The role focuses on designing and implementing resilient data pipelines and integration services that enable controlled data sharing across complex, multi-domain systems, while maintaining strong standards of security, governance, and compliance.


The successful contractor will operate at a senior technical level, contributing to platform design, assuring engineering quality, and supporting delivery in environments where data integrity, availability, and access control are essential.


Key Responsibilities


  • Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable data pipelines and integration services
  • Engineer data solutions that support controlled data access across complex domains
  • Develop production-grade code aligned with secure-by-design principles
  • Model complex datasets to support interoperability and governed access
  • Integrate data from diverse sources, including legacy and operational systems
  • Implement fine-grained access controls, data classification, and governance mechanisms
  • Support deployment and operation of data services across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments
  • Collaborate with architects, security specialists, and delivery teams
  • Contribute to design reviews and technical decision-making
  • Ensure performance, resilience, and observability of data platforms
  • Produce and maintain clear technical documentation


Required Skills & Experience


  • Extensive experience operating as a Senior Data Engineer on complex, enterprise-scale platforms
  • Strong programming capability in Python
  • Commercial experience with Java and/or Scala
  • Advanced SQL and strong data modelling skills
  • Proven experience designing and operating ETL / ELT pipelines at scale
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems and data platform architecture
  • Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices


Experience in Regulated Environments


  • Experience delivering data solutions in regulated or high-assurance settings
  • Understanding of security-focused architectures such as least-privilege access
  • Experience implementing data governance, classification, and policy-driven access controls
  • Comfortable operating in environments with formal assurance, audit, and compliance requirements
  • Able to handle sensitive information in line with contractual and organisational standards


Desirable Experience


  • Knowledge of semantic data, knowledge graphs, or graph databases
  • Experience with RDF, SPARQL, or ontology-based data models
  • Familiarity with controlled or cross-domain data sharing patterns
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Exposure to open-source data platforms or frameworks


Contractor Profile


  • Able to deliver independently with minimal supervision
  • Comfortable working within structured delivery frameworks
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Clear communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and quality-driven


Additional Information


Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible to pass background and suitability checks as part of the engagement.

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