About the job

Location: Portsmouth customer site – 3 days p/week on site
Salary: Up to £90k DoE plus bonus
Clearance: Active SC (British passport required)
To apply, email: henry.clay-davies@searchability.com

We’re working with a leading technology consultancy delivering secure, mission critical digital capabilities across Secure Sector programmes. They’re looking for an experienced Databricks Data Engineer to design and build scalable, resilient data applications that support operational users, analytics platforms, and AI-enabled capabilities.

This is a hands-on technical role sitting at the intersection of Software Engineering and Data Engineering, focused on building secure, production-grade data services that operate reliably within highly governed Defence environments.

What you’ll be doing:

Building scalable data applications and pipelines using Python
Developing streaming, event-driven and orchestrated data solutions
Deploying and supporting containerised services in Kubernetes environments
Implementing observability, monitoring and data governance best practices
Leveraging Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD for secure deployments
Owning solutions from design and development through to production support
Delivering resilient data platforms within secure Defence environments

What we’re looking for:

Strong Python development and software engineering experience
Experience building scalable data pipelines and distributed data platforms
Knowledge of Kafka, Spark and modern data processing technologies
Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster or Prefect
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and containerised deployments
CI/CD experience with a focus on production ownership and reliability
Understanding of data quality, testing and lineage best practices

Desirable skills:

MLOps or production machine learning experience
Terraform, Ansible or other Infrastructure as Code tools
PostgreSQL and modern data platforms
Experience within Defence, National Security or regulated environments
Familiarity with air-gapped, restricted or secure networks
Knowledge of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) or edge cloud technologies

Security Clearance:

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must hold an active SC Clearance and be a British passport holder.

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