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Principal Data Engineer (SC)
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
Our predicted code SOC 2133 (70% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and Synergize Consulting is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the published rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
Principal Data Engineer (SC Clearance) - Contract - Berkshire - £competitive
Synergize Consulting are now hiring for a Principal Data Engineer to work at a leading defence client on a contract basis.
The successful candidate will be working at the forefront of cloud technologies, and will be required to design scalable, secure, and resilient data platforms while mentoring engineering teams and influencing technology strategy.
Responsibilities include:
- Design and implement scalable, secure, cloud-native data platforms and architectures.
- Lead the development of enterprise data pipelines, integration frameworks, and reusable data products.
- Establish engineering standards, best practices, and technical governance across the data engineering function.
- Drive adoption of DataOps and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and platform monitoring.
- Champion data quality, governance, security, lineage, and compliance across enterprise data assets.
- Partner with architects, software engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver high-value data solutions.
- Support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives, helping transform Legacy data platforms.
- Optimise performance, scalability, reliability, and cost across the data ecosystem.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to data engineers.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and influence the future direction of the organisation's data capabilities.
Experience required:
- Significant experience in data engineering, software engineering, and/or enterprise data platform development.
- Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data architectures.
- Strong expertise with cloud data platforms including Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
- Excellent knowledge of SQL, Python, Spark, and modern data processing technologies.
If you are looking to take the next exciting step in your IT career, please send in your CV for immediate consideration.
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Where this offer sits in the market
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.