Introduction

Company cultures & job summary

Our client is looking for a Data Solution Engineer to design and deliver data pipelines and

platforms for Defence customers, handling both structured and unstructured data. You'll need

solid hands-on experience building data solutions in a UK Defence or Public Sector

environment, including cloud-based pipeline development. This is a great opportunity to work

on varied, technically challenging problems while also helping shape product development and

future capabilities.

Working Patterns and location - 3 Days a week

Key responsibilities

• Support Defence customers in developing data solutions aligned to their strategy.
• Design and build architectural views of data software and analytics solutions.
• Lead on data solution design within multi-disciplinary development teams.
• Drive technology choices from early-stage investigation through to large-scale implementation.
• Communicate data solutions clearly to both technical experts and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support Client Managers in a pre-sales capacity to develop solutions and grow relationships.
• Identify opportunities to develop internal IP within the target proposition space.
• Work across the full lifecycle including requirements capture, solution development, integration and operation.

Skills & experience

• Experience designing, implementing and integrating data solutions in UK Defence or

Public Sector.

• Proven experience building data pipelines in a cloud environment such as Azure, AWS

or GCP.

• Hands-on experience with data ingest, transformation and persistence technologies.

• Strong understanding of structured and unstructured data, including schemas,

ontologies and taxonomies.

• Experience with CI/CD techniques and the quality mechanisms that support them.

• Experience working within an Agile development framework.

• Degree-level qualification in a STEM subject or equivalent experience.

• Ability to communicate technical solutions effectively to a range of internal and external

stakeholders.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

• Knowledge of data schemas and exchange specifications used in Defence.

• Understanding of secure by design principles for data at rest and data in transit.

• Knowledge of data transport in DDIL environments and solutions for compute or

storage constrained systems.

• Familiarity with how data solutions feed into AI and ML applications.

• Scrum Master and/or Product Owner experience.

• Knowledge of commercial and contractual frameworks.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes

applications from all backgrounds.

Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.

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