Talend Data Engineer
Contract: 6 Months
Location: Primarily Remote (travel to Telford approximately twice per month. Worthing may also be considered)
Clearance: SC Eligible
Equipment Collection: London, Manchester, or Telford
Rate: £540 per day Inside IR35
We are seeking Data Engineers to support delivery within a large-scale data exploitation programme. The role will focus on developing and maintaining ETL pipelines within an established Talend framework, alongside working with Oracle RDS databases and CI/CD pipelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain ETL solutions using Talend
- Build, optimise, and maintain Oracle SQL queries and DDL artefacts
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
- Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve defects throughout development and testing phases
- Conduct component and unit testing, including the creation of test data
- Support QA activities, performance testing, and production releases
- Perform peer reviews of development, testing, and technical artefacts
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members
- Participate in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of programme objectives
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience developing ETL solutions using Talend
- Proven experience working with Oracle databases, ideally Oracle RDS
- Strong SQL development and data modelling expertise
- Experience working within structured Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) environments
- Knowledge of testing frameworks and best practices for data engineering solutions
- Experience with CI/CD tools, preferably GitLab
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively within Agile delivery teams
- Eligible for Security Clearance (SC) and able to pass BPSS screening
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Previous experience within large-scale enterprise environments
- Experience working on public sector or government programmes
- Understanding of data exploitation, analytics, or data warehousing solutions
- Exposure to cloud-hosted database environments