Data Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Talend
• Solid experience with Oracle databases, with Oracle RDS preferred
• Strong SQL and data modelling capability
• Experience working within structured SDLC and testing frameworks
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools, ideally GitLab
• Experience in enterprise or public sector environments is desirable
• Must be SC eligible

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL pipelines using Talend
• Build and manage Oracle SQL and DDL artefacts
• Contribute to and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
• Investigate and resolve defects across development and test phases
• Conduct component testing, including test data creation
• Support QA, performance testing, and production releases
• Perform peer reviews of development and testing artefacts
• Provide guidance and mentoring to junior team members
• Participate in agile ceremonies and cross-team collaboration

Technologies

• CI/CD
• ETL
• GitLab
• Support
• Oracle
• SQL
• Talend

More

We are supporting a large-scale UK Government central government programme within a secure environment. This is a 6-month contract role, inside IR35, with a rate of £540 per day. The role is predominantly remote, with two days per month in Telford, and Worthing is also a possible base location. SC eligibility is required, with BPSS needed to start. We are working within an established ETL and data platform on mission-critical data services.

last updated 36 week of 2026