Data Engineer 12 month FTC Newcastle SC Clearance Essential

Company: Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Apply for the Data Engineer 12 month FTC Newcastle SC Clearance Essential
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Job Description:

  • Data Engineer (Streaming) – Requirements
    • Strong coding in Java (preferred) or Python
    • Experience with Kafka, Flink, or Spark (Flink/Kafka ideal)
    • Solid understanding of stream processing (event time, state, backpressure)
    • Experience building ETL/ELT or real-time data pipelines
    • Knowledge of microservices and distributed systems

    Tech & Cloud

    • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (AWS preferred)
    • Familiarity with Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery

    Engineering Practices

    • Strong in testing, CI/CD, Git
    • Experience with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes

    Experience

    • 3+ years in data engineering
    • Agile experience and strong communication skills

    Nice to Have

    • Consulting/client-facing experience
    • Real-time/low-latency systems
    • Certifications or mentoring experience

    Details

  • 12 month FTC, very likely to convert to perm
  • Upto 3 days per week in Newcastle
  • Pay dependant on experience
  • SC Clearance Essential

Posted: June 2nd, 2026