Electus Recruitment
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer at Electus Recruitment, based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, paying £52,000 - £55,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- £52,000 - £55,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Closing date
- Sector
- Data Analyst
13% below the typical rate for data analyst
Reference jobs/21060
About the role
Senior Data Engineer
Take ownership of enterprise scale data platforms that support complex engineering and operational environments. This role offers the chance to shape data strategy, influence technical direction and build solutions that create long term value across a leading defence environment. As your expertise grows, there is genuine scope to expand your influence across multiple business functions.
Essential requirements
Salary and rewards
Circa £55,000 plus annual performance bonus of up to £2,500.
Your role
Your experience
Benefits and balance
Rewards extend beyond pay with:
Where you will work
Stevenage or Bolton
Hybrid working, typically two days per week on site. Some travel may be required based on project needs.
Equal opportunities
Our client is committed to creating an inclusive working environment where applicants are assessed on skills, experience and suitability for the role.
Due to the nature of work at our client’s site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens who hold SC clearance or can obtain it.
This is a permanent role.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to high-technology industries. Thank you for your interest. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You may resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.
Take ownership of enterprise scale data platforms that support complex engineering and operational environments. This role offers the chance to shape data strategy, influence technical direction and build solutions that create long term value across a leading defence environment. As your expertise grows, there is genuine scope to expand your influence across multiple business functions.
Essential requirements
- British Citizen able to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance
- Proven data engineering experience within defence, aerospace, manufacturing or another complex industrial environment
- Strong Python and SQL expertise
- Experience building ETL or ELT data pipelines and modern data platforms
- Comfortable engaging with technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple business areas
Salary and rewards
Circa £55,000 plus annual performance bonus of up to £2,500.
Your role
- Design and deliver end to end data solutions across a diverse defence organisation
- Build and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines from multiple operational and engineering sources
- Develop data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses and analytics platforms that enable better decision making
- Create Power BI reporting and self-service analytics capabilities for a broad user community
- Drive improvements in data governance, quality, lineage, security and DataOps practices
- Contribute to modern hybrid and on-premise platform architectures supporting long term business growth
Your experience
- Strong background in data engineering and enterprise data architecture
- Experience with ETL and ELT tools alongside streaming technologies such as Spark or Kafka
- Knowledge of relational and cloud data platforms including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Snowflake or similar technologies
- Experience with Power BI and data visualisation best practice
- Familiarity with DevOps or DataOps approaches including Git, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively
Benefits and balance
Rewards extend beyond pay with:
- Annual performance bonus up to £2,500
- Pension contributions worth up to 14% combined employer and employee contribution
- Up to 15 additional flexi leave days each year
- Paid overtime opportunities when available
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements to support work life balance
Where you will work
Stevenage or Bolton
Hybrid working, typically two days per week on site. Some travel may be required based on project needs.
Equal opportunities
Our client is committed to creating an inclusive working environment where applicants are assessed on skills, experience and suitability for the role.
Due to the nature of work at our client’s site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens who hold SC clearance or can obtain it.
This is a permanent role.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to high-technology industries. Thank you for your interest. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You may resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.
Reference: jobs/21060 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 26 Dec 2026 · Listed via Electus Recruitment
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