At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a major MOD data transformation programme and migrate data catalogues.
- Company: Dynamic team focused on innovative data solutions for the MOD.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid work model, and potential for contract extension.
- Other info: Opportunity to work in a secure environment with strong career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in government data projects while enhancing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in data engineering, SQL, Python, and active SC clearance required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
- Duration: Initial 3-month contract (high likelihood of extension)
- Start: ASAP – next few weeks
- Security
- Clearance: Active SC Clearance required (sole UK nationals only)
The Role
We’re looking for an experienced Data Engineer to support a major MOD data transformation programme, focused on assessing and migrating an existing Informatica Data Catalogue into a new catalogue environment.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll evaluate what metadata, governance assets and technical components can be migrated directly, what requires transformation, and what needs to be rebuilt.
Your work will help shape the migration approach and reduce delivery risk across the programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess the existing Informatica data catalogue and connected data sources
- Analyse metadata quality, completeness and migration feasibility
- Define metadata mapping, transformation and remediation requirements
- Produce migration assessments, risks, dependencies and recommendations
- Prioritise catalogue and ingestion backlogs
- Build and support ETL/ELT pipelines where required
- Transform and structure data for catalogue onboarding
- Work closely with Data Architects and Business Analysts
- Produce technical documentation and support programme delivery
- As-Is Data Catalogue Assessment
- Informatica Migration Assessment & Recommendations
- Metadata Mapping & Transformation Specification
- Catalogue Onboarding Process & Service Definition
- Demand Backlog fully catalogued by the end of the 12-week engagement
- Strong experience as a Data Engineer within data migration or transformation programmes
- Hands-on experience with Informatica Data Catalogue or similar catalogue platforms
- SQL and Python
- Metadata management and data governance
- API and source system integration
- Experience with structured and semi-structured data
- Active SC Clearance (sole UK nationals only)
- MOD PUID
- Defence or Central Government experience
- Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake or Palantir
- CI/CD and Dev Ops experience
- Can quickly assess complex data environments
- Is analytical and delivery-focused
- Produces high-quality technical documentation
- Communicates confidently with both technical and business stakeholders
- Has experience delivering within secure Government or Defence environments
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We think you need these skills to ace SC Cleared Data Engineer in Corsham
Informatica Data Catalogue
Data Migration
Data Transformation
SQL
Python
Metadata Management
Data Governance
