Data Engineer (SC/NPPV Clearance) - Contract - Hybrid/London - £competitive Synergize Consulting are now hiring for a Data Engineer to work at a leading consultancy client on a contract basis. The successful candidate will support the development of secure, scalable and reliable data engineering solutions within a complex operational environment on behalf of a public sector body, working on pipelines that enable data to be securely processed, mapped and made available for downstream analysis and intelligence use. Responsibilities include: Designing, developing and maintaining data ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines. Developing robust Python-based data engineering solutions. Profiling, transforming and validating structured and semi-structured data. Working with XML and JSON data and developing schema mapping and transformation processes. Implementing data conversion and integration routes to support the movement of data between systems. Developing and supporting data pipelines within secure environments. Developing synthetic data to support testing, development and integration activities. Building automation to improve data processing and engineering workflows. Supporting the testing and validation of data pipelines and integrations. Experience required: A solid background in data engineering and pipeline development. Strong, hands-on Python development experience. Experience developing ETL/ELT, ingestion or data integration pipelines. Experience with data transformation, ..... full job details .....