Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer – Contract (Outside IR35) 📍 Remote (max 1 day a month in Central London) 💰 Up to £600/day Outside IR35 📅 ASAP start – initial contract 7 months (extension likely) ⏳ Short notice preferred (1 week ideal) We’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to support a large-scale central government programme. You’ll be joining a delivery team responsible for migrating legacy on-premise and cloud data assets into modern cloud-based analytics and storage platforms, working closely with data analysts, business analysts and platform teams. Key Responsibilities • Conduct detailed analysis of existing data assets across legacy on-premise and cloud environments • Document current-state data flows, structures, dependencies, and data quality characteristics • Produce data catalogues and profiling outputs to inform migration and replatforming design • Support mapping of legacy data to new cloud-based data platforms • Build and maintain ELT/data pipelines in line with agreed designs • Connect migration tooling to source systems and ingest data into target platforms • Resolve platform and data issues identified during testing • Support cutover and early-life support (ELS) activities Essential Skills & Experience • Strong hands-on experience as a Data Engineer on large-scale migration programmes • Palantir Foundry experience highly desirable (ingestion, transformations, data loading) • Advanced SQL and experience working with large, interconnected datasets • Proficiency in Python • Ability to understand and interpret R scripts (coding not required) • Experience designing and building ELT pipelines • Proven background migrating data from on-prem to cloud environments • Strong data management, quality and cleansing expertise • Excellent data forensic and analytical skills • Experience supporting dashboards, pipelines, and related data services • Previous experience working within central government or highly regulated environments • Familiarity with complex health, public sector or enterprise-scale data governance frameworks 📩 Interested? Apply on this link and we'll be in touch