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Data Engineer
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This role is for a Senior Data Engineer on a 6-week contract, remote, with an outside IR35 pay rate. Key skills include Python, Spark, Kafka, AWS/Azure, and active SC clearance is required for immediate start. Experience in secure environments is essential.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
July 22, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Less than a month
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🏝️ - Location
Remote
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📄 - Contract
Outside IR35
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🔒 - Security
Yes
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📍 - Location detailed
England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Python #Knowledge Graph #Scala #Spark (Apache Spark) #Trino #Data Pipeline #Azure #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Kubernetes #Docker #Metadata #Batch #Data Engineering #PySpark #Cloud #Kafka (Apache Kafka) #Data Management #Data Lineage
Role description
Contract Senior Data Engineer
6-week contract | Remote | Outside IR35 | Active SC required | Immediate start
I’m supporting a client looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to join a high-impact programme building a secure, AI-ready data platform.
You’ll design and deliver production-grade data pipelines across batch and real-time workloads, helping create a trusted knowledge layer that supports AI applications and autonomous agents.
What you’ll be doing
• Building scalable distributed data pipelines
• Developing batch and streaming ingestion processes
• Creating robust data models for structured and unstructured data
• Implementing data lineage, provenance and metadata management
• Supporting knowledge graphs, entity resolution and data fusion
• Integrating data platforms with AI and agent-based applications
• Deploying services in secure cloud and containerised environments
What they’re looking for
• Strong Python
• Spark / PySpark
• Kafka, Flink, Iceberg and Trino
• Data modelling, lineage and provenance
• Knowledge graphs and entity resolution
• AWS or Azure
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with geospatial or time-series data
• Experience delivering in secure environments
• Active SC clearance
• Available to start immediately
Contract Senior Data Engineer
6-week contract | Remote | Outside IR35 | Active SC required | Immediate start
I’m supporting a client looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to join a high-impact programme building a secure, AI-ready data platform.
You’ll design and deliver production-grade data pipelines across batch and real-time workloads, helping create a trusted knowledge layer that supports AI applications and autonomous agents.
What you’ll be doing
• Building scalable distributed data pipelines
• Developing batch and streaming ingestion processes
• Creating robust data models for structured and unstructured data
• Implementing data lineage, provenance and metadata management
• Supporting knowledge graphs, entity resolution and data fusion
• Integrating data platforms with AI and agent-based applications
• Deploying services in secure cloud and containerised environments
What they’re looking for
• Strong Python
• Spark / PySpark
• Kafka, Flink, Iceberg and Trino
• Data modelling, lineage and provenance
• Knowledge graphs and entity resolution
• AWS or Azure
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with geospatial or time-series data
• Experience delivering in secure environments
• Active SC clearance
• Available to start immediately
