Data Engineer

Data Engineer

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Role overview

Design, build and operate trusted data pipelines and data services for ESCS reporting, integration, migration and analytics. The Data Engineer ensures that data is reliable, governed, secure and available to authorised users and services when needed.

The role you will play

Create scalable data pipelines and models across ESCS source and target platforms.

Build data quality, lineage, security and operational monitoring into delivery.

Support migration, reporting and decision-making with reliable data engineering.

Primary responsibilities

Design and implement ingestion, transformation, validation and publishing pipelines.

Develop data models and contribute to warehouse, lakehouse or platform design.

Implement data quality controls, reconciliation, lineage and metadata.

Support master and reference data management approaches.

Engineer secure access, retention and protection controls with relevant specialists.

Plan and execute data migration, cleansing and cutover activities.

Monitor pipeline reliability, performance and cost and resolve operational issues.

Document data flows, mappings, rules, interfaces and support procedures.

Required skills and capabilities

SQL and data transformation

Python or equivalent data engineering language

ETL/ELT pipeline design and orchestration

Data modelling and warehousing/lakehouse concepts

Data quality, reconciliation and observability

Data governance, catalogue, metadata and lineage

Master and reference data management awareness

Data security and access control

Data migration and mapping

Cloud data services on Azure and/or AWS

Required experience

Development and support of production data pipelines.

Experience with structured data, integration patterns and data modelling.

Experience implementing data quality and operational monitoring.

Experience collaborating with analysts, architects, developers and business stakeholders.

Desired experience

AWS Data Services, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Databricks

Power BI data ecosystems.

Enterprise SaaS data integration and migration.

Procurement, supply chain or transactional data.

Clearance requirements

SC required to start

SC required for the role

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Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...

What we do for you

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Private Medical Insurance

• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)

• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

• Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.