
IO Associates
Data Engineer (SC Cleared)
Job Description
Salary: £65,000 - 65,000 per year
Requirements:- Proven experience in data engineering or ETL development.
- Strong knowledge of data pipelines and processing frameworks (e.g. Spark or similar).
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure; exposure to both advantageous).
- Solid understanding of ETL processes and data integration concepts.
- Basic experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform) and/or CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab).
- Familiarity with key cloud services such as:
- - AWS: EC2, S3 (EMR/Lambda exposure beneficial)
- - Azure: Blob Storage
- Understanding of version control and collaborative development practices.
- Awareness of data security, governance, and compliance considerations.
- Growing understanding of DevOps and Agile delivery practices.
- Commitment to writing maintainable, scalable code.
- Enthusiasm for automation and reusable engineering patterns.
- Active participation in code reviews and collaborative development sessions.
- Develop and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes using cloud-native technologies (e.g. Spark).
- Support integration across cloud and on-premise data sources.
- Help design and implement event-driven data pipelines, improving performance and scalability.
- Contribute to the development of data access layers and reusable ETL components.
- Support onboarding of new data sources, including preparation and transformation of datasets.
- Work with senior engineers to apply data engineering best practices and standards.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) activities.
- Operate within AWS and Azure environments, supporting deployment and maintenance of data solutions.
- Collaborate with wider teams to ensure data quality, reliability, and performance.
- Participate in knowledge sharing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- AWS
- Lambda
- Azure
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- EC2
- ETL
- GitLab
- Support
- Security
- Spark
- Terraform
More:
We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer to support the design, development, and optimisation of data platforms across complex transformation programmes in a hybrid role based in London. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £45,000 to £65,000, depending on experience. We provide a collaborative and delivery-focused environment where you will deepen your technical expertise, contributing to reliable and scalable data solutions that enable analytics, reporting, and operational use cases.
last updated 34 week of 2026
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This salary is 8% above the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
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