Location: Worcester Duration: 6 month initial contractRate: (Outside IR35)Security: Active DV clearance required Role details: We are looking for 3 x Data Engineers to join our defence and security client on a contract basis. You will help design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable data pipelines using the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and Apache NiFi These roles are supporting our clients team in Worcester (fully onsite), and requires active UK DV clearance. Key Responsibilities:Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable data pipelines using the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and Apache NiFiImplement data ingestion, transformation, and integration processes, ensuring data quality and securityCollaborate with data architects and security teams to ensure compliance with security policies and data governance standardsManage and monitor large-scale data flows in real-time, ensuring system performance, reliability, and data integrityDevelop robust data models to support analytics and reporting within secure environmentsPerform troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning of data pipelines and the Elastic StackBuild dashboards and visualisations in Kibana to enable data-driven decision-makingEnsure high availability and disaster recovery for data systems, implementing appropriate backup and replication strategiesDocument data architecture, workflows, and security protocols to ensure smooth operational handover and audit readin