Data Engineer
Greater London
Job Description Data Engineer
Location: London – Hybrid
Employment: Full Time
All applicants must hold a DV (Developed Vetting) clearance to apply.
The Opportunity:
For the Ministry of Defence (MOD), maintaining National Security is a 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year mission. For this reason, it partners with this Big 4 Firm to support its multidisciplinary AI & Cloud Data Engineering Capabilities.
The Role:
As an AI & Cloud Data Engineering practitioner, you’ll build large-scale data pipelines and infrastructure, utilising data integration tools to optimise complex data solutions.
Collaborating with high-performing Data Science and ML Engineering teams to drive innovation and insight through AI and Data across the Defence & Security sector.
Required Skills/Experience:
British Passport Holder with active DV (Developed Vetting Clearance)
End-to-end development with data pipelines, ETL processes, and workflow orchestration - using core concepts that apply across tech stacks.
Working with diverse data sources and types - batch, streaming, real-time, and unstructured.
Systems thinking and architectural design skills for building scalable, high-performance data solutions.
Data modelling, warehouse design, database optimisation knowledge - with samples of logical/physical models that reflect proficiency.
Deploying and managing distributed data systems.
Ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and tune these systems for reliability and performance.
Coding experience demonstrating modularity, reusability, and efficiency - across languages.
Understanding full development lifecycle, SDLC concepts, version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge of data security, governance, metadata management, and master data principles.
Communication skills, ability to understand business requirements and translate to technical data solutions
Benefits:
Base Salary: £45,000 - £70,000 (DoE)
Discretionary Bonus: Circa 10% per annum
DV Bonus: Circa £5,000
Cash Flex Fund: £5000
Health: Private Medical Insurance
Annual Leave: 25 Days plus Public Holidays + buy up to 10 additional days
L&D: Annual Performance/Salary Reviews + Training & Development Budget
Pension: 6% Matched Pension + Group Personal Pension Plan
Life Assurance: Up to a maximum of four times the Earnings Cap
Occupational Sick Pay
Personal Accident Insurance
For more information, apply below or contact us directly.
Contact: 02077806706
Data Engineer