Data Engineer - SC Clearance 

Stott and May
Leeds
1 week ago
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Data Engineer - SC Clearance

Leeds (Hybrid and Flexible Working Available)

65K + Bonus

**🔐 MUST HAVE ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE


Join a leading digital intelligence organisation working at the forefront of data-driven transformation for the public sector. We are looking for a Data Engineer with active SC Clearance to help evolve a successful proof-of-concept into a fully productionised and supported data platform using cutting-edge Microsoft Azure technologies.


🔍 What You’ll Be Doing:

Over the past four years, our client has partnered with Mobilise to explore and validate a modern data warehouse and business intelligence ecosystem. This journey included a full proof-of-concept, showcasing the potential of Microsoft’s data stack to unlock actionable insights and improve internal reporting capabilities.


We are now entering the next phase: transforming this proof-of-concept into a robust, scalable, and secure production environment. You’ll play a key role in delivering this vision as part of an agile team focused on:


Developing scalable Azure Data Factory pipelines


Implementing STAR schema-based data models in Azure SQL


Enhancing security, manageability, and cost-efficiency of data operations


Building reusable, templated data ingestion processes


Applying data segregation, masking, and pseudonymisation techniques


🛠️ What You’ll Bring:

🔐 MUST HAVE:


Active Security Clearance (SC) – This is a non-negotiable requirement due to the sensitive nature of the project.


💡 Technical Skills:

Azure Data Factory (ADF):


Incremental dimension creation to reduce compute and data processing costs


Integration using managed identities or service principals for secure authentication


Parallelism and performance tuning for ADF pipelines


Templating for reusable, scalable ingestion patterns


Azure SQL:


Integration with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)


STAR schema implementation for analytic models


Standardising naming conventions and schema organisation


Migrating data processing logic from Power BI to the SQL layer


Applying robust data security, masking, and pseudonymisation techniques


🎁 What’s In It For You:

Competitive pension scheme


Employee share plans


Flexible benefits (including green car scheme, private healthcare, and lifestyle discounts)


Annual performance-related bonus (where eligible)

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