Data Engineer (Talend & Unix Specialist)

Job Title: Data Engineer (Talend & Unix Specialist) Location: Telford (Hybrid - occasional onsite workshops, ~2 days/month in Telford) Rate: Up to £450/day inside IR35 Security Clearance: Active SC Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, build, and support robust data integration and ETL solutions within a secure government environment. The role focuses on delivering scalable, performant data pipelines and ensuring high service reliability across critical data platforms. Key Responsibilities Design and implement secure, scalable data integration and ETL solutions using Talend and Unix Build and maintain data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, curation) with monitoring, alerting, and SLA adherence Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements aligned to non-functional requirements (performance, cost, security) Support incident resolution and ensure service continuity Contribute to Agile delivery ceremonies and cross-functional team collaboration Mentor team members and share technical knowledge Essential Skills Talend Unix Oracle SQL Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban) Jira & Confluence Desirable Skills Oracle PL/SQL AWS GitLab Vault Denodo Data modelling & design (HLD/LLD) Test automation frameworks Artifactory Berlin JobScheduler Knowledge of D4D development lifecycle