Junior/Mid Level Data Engineer - SC ClearedInside IR35: £450 - £500 per dayHybrid: Once a week in LondonStart date: 5th JanWe are supporting a major government data transformation initiative focused on strengthening the use of evidence-based insights across frontline and operational teams. As part of a new capability being built to process and analyse sensitive interview information, the programme requires a SFIA 3 (Junior - Mid Level) Data Engineer to design, deliver, and optimise secure Back End data workflows. This work is foundational: building the ingestion, orchestration, storage, and transformation layers that power the analytics tool.The programme is just kicking off, and this is a great time to join, add value, and grow throughout a long-term programme. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain scalable cloud-native data pipelines Implement ETL/ELT processes to manage structured and unstructured data securely and efficiently Ensure data integrity, traceability and compliance across all pipeline stages Work with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and design decisions Apply DevOps best practices, monitoring, and automation to improve reliability Support continuous improvement of the platform''s performance and operational maturity Communicate progress, risks and trade-offs clearly to wider delivery stakeholdersRequired Skills andamp; Experience Strong Data Engineering experience within AWS environments Hands-on experience with core AWS da