Data Engineer x 3

Data Engineer x 3 Telford / Hybrid - 2 days onsite £460 per day inside ir35 6 month contract Active SC clearance We are currently recruiting for three Data Engineers to join a major data transformation and migration…

Inside IR35 Hybrid IT
Pay rate £400 – £460/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 6 October 2026

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Data Engineer x 3

Telford / Hybrid - 2 days onsite

£460 per day inside ir35

6 month contract

Active SC clearance

We are currently recruiting for three Data Engineers to join a major data transformation and migration programme within a secure public-sector environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced Data Engineers to work on a large-scale migration from SAS 9.4 and SAS Viya 3.5 to SAS Viya 4 on AWS, helping to design, build and optimise the data pipelines and integration processes required to support the transition.

The Role

You will be responsible for developing robust, scalable data pipelines and supporting the migration and transformation of data between legacy and modern SAS environments.

You will work closely with SAS Developers, Architects, Business Analysts and Test teams to ensure data integrity, performance, security and quality throughout the migration.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop ETL/data pipelines to support migration to SAS Viya 4.
Build and optimise data flows within a cloud-native AWS environment.
Work with SAS Developers to refactor existing processes for SAS Viya 4 compatibility.
Develop data transformation, validation and quality processes.
Automate data ingestion and processing workflows.
Integrate pipelines into CI/CD environments using Jenkins and Git.
Implement monitoring and alerting for data quality and pipeline health.
Support testing, UAT and production readiness activities.
Work collaboratively within Agile and DevOps teams.

What We're Looking For

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience across:

SAS Data Integration, Pentaho or Talend
SAS 9.4 and/or SAS Viya 3.x/4
SQL and Python
AWS
Docker and Kubernetes
ETL, data migration and transformation
Data modelling and performance tuning
CI/CD and DevOps
Large-scale data engineering environments

Desirable

SAS or AWS Data Engineering certification
Experience within government or another highly regulated environment
Denodo or other data virtualisation technologies
Experience supporting major data migration programmes
Knowledge of SAS Viya 4 cloud-native architecture

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If you're an experienced Data Engineer with SAS, ETL and cloud experience, and you're looking for your next SC-cleared contract opportunity, we'd be keen to hear from you

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