About the Role I am working with a growing consultancy delivering high-impact data solutions across secure government and defence environments. Due to continued project wins, we are looking for experienced DV Cleared Data Engineers to join their team.
You will work on mission-critical programmes, designing and building scalable, secure, and high-performing data platforms in AWS environments.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure data pipelines and ETL processes
• Develop scalable data lake and data warehouse solutions in AWS
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD for data platforms
• Optimise data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Collaborate with architects, analysts, and client stakeholders
• Ensure solutions meet strict security and compliance requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

• Active DV Clearance (mandatory)
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, EMR, RDS)
• Proficiency in Python and/or Scala
• Experience with SQL and data modelling
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
• Experience building production-grade data pipelines
• Strong understanding of security best practices in cloud environments

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within government or defence sectors
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD tooling
• Containerisation (Docker / Kubernetes)
• Streaming technologies (Kafka / Kinesis)

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (£45,000 – £90,000 depending on experience)
• Performance bonus
• Flexible working arrangements
• Private healthcare
• Pension contribution
• Ongoing training and AWS certifications
• Opportunity to work on high-profile national programmes