Data Engineer (Azure) in Public Sector Consultancy environment**Please note you MUST have existing right to work in the UK as visa sponsorship is not offered for this role. You must be eligible for SC Clearance or ideally hold an existing one**Location: London or Manchester (Hybrid - infrequent) - you must be able to travel occassionally to these locations. Travel expenses are covered.Salary: £45,000 – £85,000 - dependent on experience/bandingSecurity Clearance: SC active or lapsed within the last 12 months preferred, eligibility as a minimum is expected. We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join a growing consultancy delivering modern data platforms and analytics solutions across both public and private sector clients.This is a hands-on role working within multidisciplinary teams to design and build scalable data pipelines, data models and analytics solutions on modern cloud platforms.What you'll be doingDesigning and building data pipelines and transformation workflowsWorking with SQL and Python to develop robust data solutionsDelivering solutions on AWS or Azure data platformsContributing to data modelling, analytics and visualisationCollaborating with engineers, analysts and stakeholders in Agile delivery teamsTech stackSQLPythonAzure or AWSDatabricks / Spark / PySparkData warehouses / lakehouse platformsCI/CD and modern engineering practicesWe're looking for someone whoHas experience building production data pipelinesIs comfortable working in client-facing or consulting environmentsEnjoys solving complex data problemsHas worked with cloud data platformsSC clearance eligibility or ideally active/recently lapsedThis is a great opportunity to work on high-impact data projects helping organisations modernise their data platforms and deliver real value from their data.