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Data Engineer
Job Description: Data Engineer
Salary Range
£53,000 – £71,000
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.
About the Role
At Leonardo UK, you’ll help shape and strengthen the organisation’s data capabilities by building scalable, reliable, and future-ready data solutions that enable informed decision-making across the business. As a Data Engineer, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment where innovation, automation, and data integrity are central to success.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to support the ingestion, transformation, validation, and delivery of data across multiple systems and platforms.
- Manage and optimise enterprise data environments, including cloud-based data warehouses and lakes such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, and Azure Synapse, ensuring high levels of scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate closely with Data Science, Business Intelligence, and Engineering teams to ensure data is accurate, accessible, and aligned to business objectives.
- Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to gather reporting and analytics requirements, translating business needs into effective and sustainable data solutions.
- Automate data integration, orchestration, and monitoring workflows using modern tools and frameworks including Python, Dagster, and Azure Data Factory.
- Support dashboard and reporting solutions across platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and Looker, ensuring semantic consistency and trusted outputs.
- Maintain high-quality documentation and governance standards to ensure traceability, reproducibility, and compliance across data assets, pipelines, and processes.
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve data architecture, operational efficiency, and engineering best practices within the broader data ecosystem.
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This is an opportunity to drive the evolution of data engineering within one of the UK’s leading advanced technology organisations.
Requirements
Technical Expertise
- Strong knowledge of SQL, ETL/ELT processes, data warehousing, and modern data platforms.
- Experience with Python, Dagster, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL is essential.
- Familiarity with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark) is advantageous.
Key Qualities
- Analytical thinking – Ability to interpret complex datasets and support insight-driven BI solutions.
- Problem-solving skills – Proven ability to diagnose and resolve data integration and data quality challenges.
- Stakeholder engagement – Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts into clear business language.
- Attention to detail – High accuracy in validating data and ensuring system integrity.
- Documentation and governance – Commitment to clear, structured documentation for traceability and best practice.
Experience & Certifications
- Experience in data engineering, data management, or related fields, with hands-on expertise in data integration and pipeline development.
- Certifications (desirable):
- Microsoft Certified Data Engineer Associate or equivalent.
Note: This list is not exhaustive—applicants with a willingness to learn and a positive attitude are encouraged to apply.
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Additional National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, including eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).
Further details: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
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Why Join Leonardo?
Leonardo prioritises its people, offering a comprehensive benefits package that supports wellbeing, career growth, and work-life balance.
Key Benefits
- Time to Recharge
- Generous leave with an opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days annually.
- Secure Your Future
- Participation in award-winning pension schemes, with an employer contribution up to 15%.
- Your Wellbeing Matters
- Free access to:
- Mental health support.
- Financial advice.
- Employee-led networks promoting inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing, and Ethnicity).
- Free access to:
- Rewarding Performance
- Bonus scheme available to all management-level and eligible employees.
- Never Stop Learning
- Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Refer a Friend
- Financial rewards through the referral programme.
- Tailored Perks
- Up to £500 annual spend on flexible benefits, including:
- Private healthcare, dental, family cover.
- Tech & lifestyle discounts.
- Gym memberships.
- Up to £500 annual spend on flexible benefits, including:
- Flexible Working
- Hybrid working options; part-time arrangements discussed on application.
For a full list of benefits, visit Leonardo’s website.
About Leonardo
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security, employing over 53,000 people worldwide, including 8,500 across 9 UK sites.
At Leonardo, we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. Diversity drives creativity, innovation, and better outcomes for our teams and customers.
If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know.
Primary Location: Edinburgh, UK (with opportunity to work from additional sites, including Basildon, Bristol, Luton, Newcastle, Southampton, and Yeovil).
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
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