Senior Data Engineer

Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong expertise in SQL and Python, with PySpark desirable.
• Proven experience designing and building cloud-based data platforms from inception.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, modern data lake/lakehouse architectures, and data integration pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data security, governance, access controls, and handling sensitive data.
• Experience implementing CI/CD, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and deployment practices.
• Solid data modelling experience for analytics and business intelligence.
• Track record of delivering scalable reporting and self-service analytics environments.
• Experience mentoring team members and promoting engineering best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities:

• We design, build, and evolve a scalable cloud data platform and supporting architecture.
• We develop and maintain robust ELT/ETL pipelines, ensuring high standards of reliability, performance, and security.
• We establish and embed DataOps and DataSecOps practices, including CI/CD, testing, version control, and automated quality controls.
• We deliver governed data models and reporting structures that enable trusted, self-service analytics.
• We implement data governance, security, privacy, and access control frameworks.
• We monitor and improve data quality, integrity, and consistency across multiple systems.
• We provide technical leadership, mentoring, and best-practice guidance to colleagues.
• We partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver practical, value-driven data solutions.
• We drive continuous improvement across data engineering, reporting, and analytics capabilities.

Technologies:

• AI
• Business Intelligence
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Databricks
• ETL
• Git
• Python
• PySpark
• SQL
• Security
• Spark
• Support

More:

We are recruiting for a Senior Data Engineer in South Wales with a salary of £63,500. This is a hands-on role focused on shaping our data capabilities, delivering trusted analytics and reporting solutions, and building the foundations for future AI and advanced data initiatives. We offer an opportunity to work on a modern, secure, cloud-based data platform and to collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation. Our Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team supports organisations across the UK with temporary, contract, and permanent recruitment, and we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities in our workforce.

last updated 30 week of 2026