Consultant - Data Engineering

Consulting roles with our clients are varied and give you the hands‑on opportunities to gain the experience you need for success. As a data engineering consultant, you will be:

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• Working with fellow data engineers to design and implement data pipelines.
  
• Building and maintaining ETL processes to ingest, transform, and store data from various sources.
  
• Collaborating with data scientists and analysts to ensure that data is properly formatted and accessible.
  
• Troubleshooting and resolving data pipeline and infrastructure issues.
  
• Helping to design and maintain data warehouses, data lakes, and other data storage solutions.
  
• Developing Generative AI powered data solutions.
  
• Ensuring that data is properly secured and follows industry best practices.
  
• Staying up to date with new data engineering technologies and techniques.
  

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• Programming fundamentals: Python, SQL.
  
• Data modelling and data warehousing.
  
• Extract‑Transform‑Load (ETL) processes.
  
• Creating data pipelines.
  
• Ethics in data and AI.
  
• Cloud and big data technologies (PySpark, AWS).
  
• Working with unstructured data.
  
• Working with Generative AI – large language models and image generation (ChatGPT, Gemini).
  
• Effective teamwork.
  
• Business acumen.
  
• Time management.
  
• Stakeholder management.
  
• Presentations.
  
• Agile methodology.
  
• Brand ambassador.
  
• Interview technique.
  

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• An understanding of the basics of Python.
  
• A genuine interest in tech and how it can help the world.
  
• A growth mindset with a commitment to lifelong learning.
  
• Self‑starting and motivated by personal development.
  
• Intellectually curious with strong problem‑solving skills.
  
• A team player and collaborative in nature.
  
• A delivery mindset with the ability to get things done.
  
• Truly motivated to take the first step to starting a career in tech.
  

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• Training – 12 weeks of free immersive training, delivered remotely with one‑to‑one mentoring and group project work.
  
• Certification – AWS Data Engineer Associate certification, covered by Digital Futures.
  
• Employment – Once deployment is secured, a full‑time employment contract with Digital Futures, working as a consultant in a technology team at one of the world’s leading companies.
  

Digital Futures is a mission‑led technology services company specialising in strategic workforce solutions. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a skills‑based economy and create sustainable employment opportunities across the UK by challenging conventional thinking and bridging the gap between education and industry – equipping exceptional talent from all backgrounds with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to succeed. Our Future Talent programme focuses on uncovering potential, rather than on background or experience. In doing so, we unlock exceptional talent and help people to thrive in their first role in tech. We focus not only on preparing you for your first consulting role with us, but also on setting you up for success for your future career. If you have the right mindset and drive, we will help you reach your career goals, preparing you to become a leader of tomorrow.

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