About the role
Your impact At Leonardo, our Data Engineers play a hands-on role in designing and building secure, scalable data solutions that support defence, government, and commercial operations. Taking ownership of data engineering solutions and mentoring junior team members as you contribute to secure, scalable architectures. you’ll gain exposure to cloud platforms, big data technologies and the full data lifecycle - developing the skills to turn raw data into actionable insight across hybrid and cloud environments. Your work at Leonardo UK will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers. What you will do as a Senior Data Engineer Design, administer and optimise SQL Server databases, ensuring performance, security, resilience, and availability. Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues in development and production environments. Implement and maintain database security controls, backup strategies, replication, and high-availability solutions. Support change management activities and continuous improvement of data platform services. Develop tools for data-driven insights and task automation Collaborate with stakeholders to define data and tool requirements Work with cloud platforms and diverse operating systems Support development and deployment of machine learning models Collaborate with DevOps Engineers, Data Scientists, Analysts and Cyber Consultants Leverage big data technologies and orchestration tools Lead small work packages and provide technical guidance to junior engineers. What you’ll bring Proven experience in data engineering with ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables. Strong Python and SQL skills, with experience building and optimising data pipelines. Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server and working with large, complex databases. Strong experience designing, administering and optimising database solutions, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, s…
