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Job Description:
Data Engineer (SC Cleared)- UK Central Government
Day Rate: £490 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Hybrid (with occasional travel to Telford)
Clearance: Active SC Clearance required
About the RoleWe are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with strong, hands-on Talend development skills to join an established engineering team within a long-standing UK central government partnership. Supporting the Debt Transformation programme, you will design, build, and maintain secure, reliable data integration solutions. Talend is our primary ETL development tool, so proven experience actively coding and building Talend jobs from the ground up is essential.
Key Responsibilities- Talend Development: Design, code, and enhance end-to-end data integration jobs and workflows using Talend.
- Pipeline Engineering: Build, operate, and optimise data pipelines across ingestion, transformation, and curation layers.
- Database Integration: Develop and maintain SQL and Oracle-based data solutions alongside Talend.
- Support and Delivery: Troubleshoot development and production issues to ensure service continuity, collaborating closely with analysts, product teams, and stakeholders in an Agile environment.
- Security Clearance: Active UK Security Check (SC) clearance.
- Talend Expertise: Demonstrable, hands-on experience developing and coding Talend ETL solutions (not just operational support).
- Core Tech Stack: Strong Oracle SQL skills and solid Unix experience.
- Engineering Fundamentals: Deep understanding of data integration, transformation, and orchestration principles.
- Ways of Working: Proven experience in Agile delivery environments using Jira and Confluence.
- Data and Cloud: Oracle PL/SQL, SAS, AWS, Denodo, and Data Modelling.
- DevOps and Tooling: GitLab, HashiCorp Vault, Artifactory, Berlin JobScheduler, and Test Automation Frameworks.
- Methodology and Design: High-Level/Low-Level Design (HLD/LLD) and familiarity with the D4D development lifecycle.
£490.00 / day
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