Data Engineer

Data Engineer III - Technical Data Governance Job Type: Contract Location : United Kingdom 100% Onsite Role We are seeking a highly accomplished and technically proficient Data Engineer to join our Data Governance team. This role is crucial in shaping the ethical, compliant, and strategic use of our massive data ecosystem. You will operate at the intersection of engineering and policy, ensuring our data platform tooling supports global compliance standards. What You'll Do... • Engineer Governance Solutions: Translate complex data policies and regulatory obligations (e.g., GDPR requirements) into precise technology and engineering requirements for implementation across our cloud data infrastructure. • Design Compliance Tools: Drive the development and refinement of technical tooling, policies, and enforcement processes to support and ensure the ethical, compliant, and strategic governance of our data. • Technical Liaison: Act as the primary bridge between our legal/business stakeholders and core engineering teams, with the capability to extract necessary engineering requirements from business and compliance obligations. • Risk & Insight Analysis: Perform analysis on structured data to surface compliance risks, identify optimization opportunities, and suggest best practices for strengthening governance. • Implement Enterprise Frameworks: Support and enhance our ongoing data governance frameworks by implementing core components like enterprise data catalogues (e.g., Microsoft Purview) and automated compliance procedures. • Vet Technology Changes: Review and provide feedback on proposed technology changes to assess their impact or alignment required for current and future data policies and plans. Who You Are... • You have 3+ years of experience drafting, reviewing, and/or enforcing policies for compliance and/or data governance strategies. • Senior Technical Background: You possess a deep technical understanding of data management, information systems, and compliance within modern cloud-based environments (Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake). • Compliance Engineering: Proven hands-on experience designing and implementing technical controls and automated processes for major data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR and data retention policies). • Data Tooling Proficiency: Proven ability to leverage and implement enterprise data management tools, including Data Catalog solutions (like Purview), data quality frameworks, and data modeling best practices. • Programming Skills: Proficient in data-focused languages (e.g., SQL, Python) for analysis, ETL optimization, and building governance/compliance automation. • Stakeholder Management: You excel at securing buy-in, managing expectations, and communicating complex data concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical executive stakeholders. Location & Requirements • Location: UK - Remote-friendly • Education: BA/BS degree in engineering, information systems, or a related quantitative field.