[6188] Data Engineer

Start date: Negotiable
Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent
Location: The Hague, Netherlands

Requirements:
• The service contractor will be required to have technical depth in modern data engineering and platform integration.
• Data engineering, including Python, Spark, Kafka, ETL/ELT pipelines, and automation
• Data modelling, ontology engineering, and semantic interoperability
• Metadata management and data governance
• Data quality frameworks and validation mechanisms
• Data platform integration and build/configuration practices
• Knowledge of federated data environments and, where possible, defence or mission-oriented data-sharing contexts.

Duties:
• Assesses the integrity of data from multiple sources.
• Provides advice on the transformation of data from one format/medium to another.
• Assist in enabling the availability, integrity and searchability of information through the application of formal data and metadata structures and protection measures.
• Applies standard data modelling and design techniques based upon a detailed understanding of requirements.
• Establishes, modifies and maintains data structures and associated components.
• Communicates the details of data structures and associated components to others using the data structures and associated components.
• Applies data engineering standards and tools to create and maintain data pipelines and extract, transform and load data.
• Carries out routine data quality checks and remediation.