Are you passionate about working with cutting edge technology and self-motivated to deliver exciting new capabilities?  Are you an experienced customer facing Data Engineer who likes a challenge and is keen to keep your skills current with many opportunities to cross train into new technologies?

As an experienced Consultant Data Engineer in BAE Systems you will be working as part of a client side team that designs and builds complex data collection and data integration issues ( i.e. Data Pipeline and ETL design and development ) to drive insight creation and make data and information available to data scientists, decision makers, internal and external interfaces and real time decision procedures with operational systems and continuous delivery channels.

The Consultant Data Engineer specialises in helping clients within large scale projects and programmes to help deliver data specific solutions. They apply software engineering rigour and best practice and bring detailed technology expertise to bear on client programmes.

Consultant Data Engineers will often work closely with Enterprise Data Architects.

Role Accountabilities:

• Designs, develops, tests and supports data collection, data integration and ETL applications to make information and data available to key client stakeholders and technical interfaces
• Develops environments to host and run these applications, and manages how new features are released
• Models data requirements, data sources and data flows and implements these models to realise client programmes of work
• Understands how to add value to data – for example through data cleansing
• Understands categories of products (and individual examples) that can be used to collect, integrate, store and visualise data and metadata

About you

You will have experience in the majority of the following:

• Tool capabilities

• E.g. Ab Initio, Informatica, Oracle ODI, Talend
• Big Data / Open Source ETL Tools Eg. NiFi, Spark, Kafka, Flume
  • Database Management Systems
• E.g. Oracle, Teradata
• E.g. Hadoop, Elastic
  • Application Testing and Automation Tools
  • Configuration Management and Version Control Tools
  • Testing strategies and tools
  • Infrastructure design – physical, virtual and/or cloud

If you are not currently Security Cleared, you will need to be eligible for this and willing to go through the process. For more guidance on National Security Vetting please click here.

About our team

You’ll be part of a big company, but we try to create a culture that feels more like a small one.  The work will stretch you and be challenging, but we encourage a healthy work-life balance and welcome a discussion on flexible working.  Most of all, we know teams who work well together also perform well.  We’ll do everything we can to ensure you have fun at work, and in social activities outside of it.

We have a rich history of working within National Security. In fact, we have over 40 years’ experience of delivering advice and solutions to our customers in this sector, supporting them in carrying out their vital missions. We are currently at the forefront of introducing new technology and approaches, and would like you to be part of this exciting phase in our history.

Company information

We help nations, governments and businesses around the world defend themselves against cybercrime, reduce their risk in the connected world, comply with regulation, and transform their operations.  We do this using our unique set of solutions, systems, experience and processes - often collecting and analysing huge volumes of data.

We employ over 4,000 people across 18 countries in the Americas, APAC, UK and EMEA

Help us secure a connected world.  Apply now and be inspired.