Senior Data Engineer (SC Cleared) Location: UK (Remote-first) Employment Type: Permanent or 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract Travel: Remote with occasional travel (approximately one day per month) to Leeds or Newcastle Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required Join Amber Labs At Amber Labs, we're a people-first technology consultancy delivering innovative digital services that help organisations solve complex challenges. We work with multidisciplinary teams across the public sector, partnering with our clients to deliver secure, scalable, and user-centred technology solutions. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We foster an inclusive and supportive culture where knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and engineering excellence are encouraged. Our teams are empowered to challenge ideas, innovate, and deliver meaningful outcomes in environments where quality and trust matter. We're looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our growing data practice. If you're passionate about modern cloud-based data engineering, enjoy mentoring others, and thrive in Agile delivery environments, we'd love to hear from you. The Role As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll design, build, and operate robust data platforms that power mission-critical analytics within a complex UK Government environment. Working closely with architects, engineers, product teams, and stakeholders, you'll develop scalable data pipelines, modernise legacy data platforms, and ensure high standards of engineering across the full software delivery lifecycle. You'll also play an important role in mentoring colleagues and helping shape engineering best practices. A strong background in AWS , PySpark , and Informatica is essential, alongside experience delivering secure, scalable data solutions within UK Central Government. What You'll Be Doing Design, build, and maintain production-grade data pipelines using AWS services including Amazon EMR, S3 and Lambda. Develop scalable data processing solutions using PySpark, Python and SQL with a focus on performance, resilience, testing and observability. Lead the migration and modernisation of legacy ETL and reporting workloads into cloud-native architectures. Develop reusable data engineering components and shared frameworks. Build and optimise data transformations and models supporting Management Information (MI), reporting and analytics, including downstream Power BI solutions. Work with Informatica as part of enterprise data integration and migration activities. Own engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, version control and release governance. Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers, promoting high-quality engineering standards across delivery teams. Collaborate with architects, product owners and platform teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions. Participate fully in Agile ceremonies using Jira and Confluence. Embed security, governance and compliance throughout the engineering lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet UK Government security and data handling requirements. Essential Skills
Data Engineer in Norfolk employer: Amber Labs
Amber Labs is an exceptional employer that prioritises a people-first culture, fostering collaboration and support among its technical community. With opportunities to work on complex security and technology transformation programmes, employees can influence strategic decisions while developing their careers in a dynamic environment. The hybrid working model allows for flexibility, making it an attractive choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in the Midlands and North England.
