Lead Data Engineer Contract until April £Market rates/Day Inside IR35 Remote Clearance: SC We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer our Government client on a remote basis. The Lead Data Engineer role will be an initial contract until 30/04 paying between £700 - £900/Day Inside IR35. Ideally they want to be under the top end budget. This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role it will now be based on an Umbrella solution. Lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable data pipelines and integrations supporting enterprise AI and workflow automation. Establish engineering standards, ensure data quality and compliance, and align solutions with wider enterprise data architectures and roadmaps. Clearance: SC Role Profile: Data Integration and Pipelines: Design and implement ETL/ELT workflows, APIs, and integrations across enterprise platforms and databases, aligning with existing standards. Security and Governance: Implement access controls, SSO, data classification, and permission-aware AI integrations in line with UK GDPR and data protection requirements. Data Readiness and Innovation: Assess data quality and suitability for AI, develop synthetic test datasets in secure sandboxes, and build domain-specific knowledge and retrieval systems. Engineering Standards and Observability: Develop reusable, secure, maintainable solutions, including metadata management, automated testing, CI/CD, and monitoring. Technical Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement: Lead ..... full job details .....