Data Engineer

Salary: £55,000 - 95,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience working as part of data engineering teams and independently.
• Line or team management experience, including leadership experience.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong SQL and relational database experience, such as MS SQL, Azure SQL, or PostgreSQL.
• Framework experience with Flask, Tornado, or Django, and Docker.
• Experience working with ETL pipelines, such as Luigi, Airflow, or Argo.
• Experience with big data technologies, such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Kafka.
• Experience with data acquisition, dataset development, and improving data quality.
• Experience preparing data for predictive and prescriptive modelling.
• Hands-on coding experience, such as Python.
• Experience with reporting tools, such as Tableau, PowerBI, or Qlik.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Data architecture experience.
• Experience or knowledge of GDPR and the Government Service Standard is desirable.
• Active Security Clearance.

Responsibilities:

• Develop data engineering solutions for our clients and projects.
• Design and build data models and schemas to support business requirements.
• Develop and maintain data ingestion and processing systems using tools and technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, ETL, Luigi, Airflow, and Argo.
• Implement data storage solutions using relational, non-relational, or cloud-based databases.
• Work collaboratively with clients and cross-functional teams to identify and address data-related issues and opportunities.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and developments in data engineering, including the modern data stack, big data technologies, and cloud computing.
• Assist with defining the processes needed to achieve operational excellence.
• Ensure data quality across all projects and clients.
• Define and manage SLAs for data sets and processes throughout production.
• Lead the design, build, and launch of new data models and pipelines.

Technologies:

• AI
• Airflow
• AWS
• Azure
• Big Data
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Django
• Docker
• ETL
• Flask
• GCP
• Hadoop
• Support
• Kafka
• NoSQL
• PostgreSQL
• Python
• Qlik
• SQL
• Security
• Spark
• Tableau
• Machine Learning

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We are Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner helping organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery. We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services across public and private sectors, and our consultants partner directly with client teams to deliver tailored solutions with meaningful impact. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI. We offer a collaborative and inclusive environment where people are empowered to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise, alongside benefits including competitive salary, bonus scheme, private healthcare insurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, development training days, enhanced parental leave, paid fertility leave, pension, EAP with Help@Hand, gym membership benefits, cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes, flexible working, and annual away days/company socials.

last updated 35 week of 2026