Data Engineer

Description:

Data Engineer
Telford / Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)
£450 per day (Inside IR35)
6-Month Contract
Active SC Clearance

Are you an experienced Data Engineer with a strong background in ETL development, AWS, and enterprise data platforms? We are looking for a skilled contractor to join a high-profile programme, supporting the ongoing operation, maintenance, and enhancement of a critical data platform.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a complex technical environment, playing a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of business-critical data services.

What You'll Be Doing

Supporting live production data services and platform operations.
Investigating and resolving incidents, ensuring rapid service restoration.
Identifying recurring issues and implementing long-term solutions.
Maintaining and enhancing ETL processes and data integration workflows.
Working closely with service delivery, project, and operational teams.
Managing incidents, problems, and change requests through established ITSM processes.
Contributing to platform documentation, knowledge sharing, and operational improvements.
Supporting deployment activities and ensuring smooth transitions into service.

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills

Strong experience with Pentaho Data Integration (PDI)
Experience using Berlin Job Scheduler
ETL pipeline development and support
Oracle database experience
Strong SQL development and troubleshooting skills
AWS experience, including:
Redshift
EC2
S3
GitLab
Jenkins
Linux
MySQL
Confluence
ServiceNow (Incidents, Problems, and RFCs)

Desirable Skills

Experience with other ETL tools such as Talend
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Experience with multi-stage deployment pipelines
Strong Git version control knowledge
Wider AWS cloud services experience

If this Data Engineer role is of interest, apply now or email me your CV at (url removed)