Lead Data Engineer

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Aker Systems Lead Data Engineer at Aker Systems to design, build, and evolve secure, scalable data platforms for UK Public Sector and Utilities clients. Lead development of batch and real-time data pipelines and support architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

Working across multiple projects, you will lead the development of batch and real-time data pipelines, support architectural decision-making, and help establish engineering best practices across delivery teams.
Strong experience with real-time streaming technologies is essential.
Lead the design, development and deployment of secure, scalable data pipelines and data platform components.
Design and implement batch and real-time streaming solutions using modern event-driven architectures.
Own technical design decisions across projects, balancing scalability, security, performance and delivery requirements.
Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions and architecture discussions with client stakeholders.
Assess existing client data platforms and design practical approaches for modernisation, migration and integration.
Build and maintain data ingestion, transformation and integration capabilities across a variety of data sources.
Develop cloud-native data platforms using AWS services and open-source technologies.
Ensure data quality, governance, lineage and security requirements are embedded throughout the data lifecycle.
Drive engineering best practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
Support multiple client engagements, helping delivery teams maintain consistent engineering quality and standards.

Qualification

Experience working in complexA passion for building reliableBachelor’s degree in computer scienceAker Systems AttributesAt Aker we work as a teamIn returnEqual Opportunities

Required

Strong technical leadership and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience working in complex, regulated environments.
A collaborative approach and willingness to support and mentor others.
A focus on delivering practical solutions that create value for clients.
A passion for building reliable, scalable and secure data platforms.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Aker Systems Attributes
At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion.
In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more.
Equal Opportunities
Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.