Senior / Lead Data Engineer - Consultancy - Eligible for SC Clearance - AWS or Azure - Belfast

I'm looking for an experienced Senior / Lead Data Engineer to join a successful, multinational Consultancy in their Belfast office working on high profile client projects.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll design and implement cutting-edge data solutions that transform their clients' businesses. You'll work with cross-functional teams to create scalable, efficient architectures that turn complex data challenges into opportunities for innovation.

Your role

* Design end-to-end data architectures that align with business objectives

* Create cloud-native solutions leveraging PaaS, serverless, and container technologies

* Build robust data pipelines for both batch and streaming processes

* Collaborate with clients to understand their data landscape and requirements

* Mentor team members and champion best practices in data architecture

To be considered you will be able to demonstrate skills and experience in many of the following:

* Expertise in designing production-grade data pipelines using Python, Scala, Spark, and SQL

Deep knowledge of either:

* AWS (EMR, Glue, Redshift, Kinesis, Lambda, DynamoDB)

* Or

* Azure (Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Event Hubs, Logic Apps, Cosmos DB)

* Experience with data processing across structured and unstructured sources

* Strong scripting abilities and API integration skills

* Knowledge of data visualization and reporting best practices

Desirable but not essential:

* Experience with data mining and machine learning

* Natural language processing expertise

* Multi-cloud platform experience

They will with an Agile environment with Scrum practices, Cross-functional collaborative teams and need someone who can work from the London office or client sites 2 days a week.

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 + 25 days holiday (option to buy 5 more) + pension + Performance Bonus + share options

Location: Hybrid working - 2 days a week in the Belfast office or on Client site

SC Clearance Eligibility - you must be eligible for SC Security Clearance (or higher) - this means at least 5 years residence in the UK and in that time you've not been out the country for more than 29 days consecutively and no more than 6 months out the country per year