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FDM Group

Data Engineer

On site

London, United kingdom

£ 80,000 /year

Freelance

05-02-2026

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Python Bash Jira SQL Data Engineering Apache Airflow SAP GitLab CI/CD Monitoring Version Control Scrum Coaching Programming Databases apache power bi AWS cloud platforms Confluence Agile Analytics Talend

Job Specifications

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a number of Data Engineers to work for our global Systems Integrator client. This is initially a 6-month contract with very good prospects to extend and will be a remote role with travel once a month to Telford or Worthing.

Our client is seeking a Data Engineer to join their growing number of feature/Scrum teams working within a large, long-standing public-sector partnership. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to data acquisition, preparation and management projects, helping to modernise services and deliver secure, reliable data products at scale.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement robust, secure and performant data integration solutions (batch and/or near-real-time).
Build, operate and improve data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, curation) with monitoring, alerting and SLAs.
Collaborate with product teams and client stakeholders to refine requirements and align decisions to NFRs (cost, performance, security).
Support incident resolution and ensure service continuity.
Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and contribute to Capgemini’s engineering communities of practice.
Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and work cross-functionally with engineers, analysts and business teams.

About You

The team delivers solutions across a wide range of technologies, and so we are looking for candidates with strong knowledge in data engineering fundamentals, with ability to operate at all stages of the delivery lifecycle, with an interest in learning and cross-skilling.

Essential skills and experience:

Strong SQL and hands-on experience with data modelling.
Hands-on with ETL/ELT tooling (at least one of Talend, Pentaho DI, Informatica, AWS Glue, or SAS).
Experience with databases/data platforms (ideally Oracle or Cloudera).
Knowledge of cloud platforms (ideally AWS).
Good experience with programming/scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash).
Strong grasp of data engineering fundamentals, including integration, transformation, orchestration, and version control.
Excellent client-facing and consultancy skills.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
Drive to share knowledge, mentoring and developing others.
Active SC Clearance

Desirable skills and experience:

SAS Viya for data analytics.
Job Scheduling tooling (e.g. Berlin/JS7 Job Scheduler, TWS, Apache Airflow).
Denodo for data virtualisation.
Reporting and visualisation tooling (from Pentaho BA, Power BI, SAP Business Objects).
ALM Tooling (Jira, Confluence).
CI/CD (GitLab).

About Us

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
Annual leave and work-place pension

About the Company

We’re FDM, an award-winning global business and technology consultancy. For over 30 years we’ve been powering the people behind tech and innovation. We collaborate with world-leading companies to identify the expertise they need, exactly when they need it. We have helped successfully launch nearly 25,000 careers globally to date and we are a trusted partner to over 300 companies worldwide. Diversity, equity and inclusivity is at the core of everything we do. We have 4,000+ employees worldwide, with over 90 nationalities wo... Know more