Data Engineer

Electus Recruitment Solutions
Stevenage
1 month ago
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Role: Data Engineer – AI (defence sector)


Locations: Stevenage or Bolton – hybrid working: 2-3 days per week on-site


Deliver cutting-edge defence solutions by taking on this Data Engineer role, specialising in generative AI.


You will evaluate, build, deploy, improve and maintain data sets for internal teams and customers.


You will be well-rewarded at this well-known defence company that produces military weapons systems with bonuses, annual salary reviews, paid overtime and so forth.


About the role

  • Ensure that data pipelines are designed to be resilient, secure and responsive
  • Collaborate with different internal customers, making sure that their requirements have been met, optimised and secured
  • Provide knowledge in data management and quality to guarantee compliance with data governance

About you

  • You must be a British Citizen to be eligible for this role due to security clearance requirements
  • Data exchange and processing skills (e.g. ETL, ESB, API…)
  • Big data technologies knowledge, e.g. Hadoop stack
  • Understanding of generative AI, NLP (Natural Language Processing) or OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
  • Experience in the industrial and/or defence sector would be extremely desirable

Why this role?

  • Exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of technological innovation
  • Supportive work environment with a clear path for development and progression
  • Financial benefits, such as paid overtime and annual bonuses
  • Flexible working arrangements and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criterion will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.


Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.


This is a permanent position.


Seniority level

Mid-Senior level


Employment type

Full-time


Job function

Engineering and Research


Industries

Defense and Space Manufacturing


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