Senior Data Engineer in EC1
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Job Description
Senior Data Engineer\nUK-Based | Hybrid Working\nSC Clearable Required\nPermanent\nMeraki are working on behalf of a high-growth digital consultancy delivering mission-critical data platforms across the UK public sector.\nWe’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and operate modern data pipelines and analytics platforms that power secure, large-scale digital services.\nThis is a hands-on, delivery-focused role within multidisciplinary agile teams. You’ll play a key part in enabling organisations to collect, process and use data effectively — supporting operational reporting, analytics and meaningful insight across complex environments.\nThis role would suit someone who enjoys solving well-defined problems independently, applying strong engineering judgement, and contributing to continuous platform improvement — rather than being tied to one specific technology stack or cloud vendor.\nThe Role\nYou will:\n * Design, build and maintain reliable data pipelines to ingest, transform and serve data from multiple sources\n * Develop analytics-ready data models to support reporting and operational insight\n * Support the full data lifecycle (retention, archiving, decommissioning) in line with governance requirements\n * Apply data quality, testing and monitoring best practices\n * Translate user and business needs into practical, well-engineered data solutions\n * Contribute to shared data standards, documentation and data dictionaries\n * Collaborate with cross-functional delivery teams to drive improved data outcomes\nTechnical Experience\nYou’ll bring strong commercial experience across several of the following:\n * Modern data engineering patterns (batch and event-driven pipelines)\n * Strong SQL and at least one data-focused programming (e.g. Python)\n * Data integration, transformation and orchestration tooling\n * Analytical data platforms (data warehouses, lakehouse architectures)\n * Applying DevOps and software engineering practices to data (CI/CD, version control, automated testing)\n * Working across cloud platforms in a vendor-agnostic way\n * Contributing to open-source tooling where appropriate\nWhat We’re Looking For\n * Operates confidently at senior level\n * Comfortable working independently within defined delivery scopes\n * Strong communicator — able to explain data concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders\n * Collaborative, pragmatic and delivery-focused\n * Comfortable in customer-facing environments\n * Understands secure-by-design and government data principles\nSecurity Clearance\nDue to the nature of the work, candidates must:\n * Be eligible for SC Clearance\n * Have lived continuously in the UK for the past 5+ years\n * Have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship\nWhat’s on Offer\nCompetitive salary with annual review\nEmployer pension contribution starting at 5%, increasing with tenure\nGroup life assurance\nGenuine hybrid working + home setup allowance\n25 days annual leave + bank holidays (with buy/sell option)\nFully funded professional certifications (AWS, GCP, Agile etc.)\n5 days paid study leave + £500 annual personal development fund\n1-2-1 coaching and structured career progression\nPrivate medical insurance\nCycle to Work scheme\n2 paid volunteering days per year\nInclusive Hiring\nWe strongly encourage applications from individuals who may not meet every single requirement.
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