Aker Systems - Lead Data Engineer

• Real-Time Streaming & Data Engineering • Strong commercial experience designing and implementing real-time streaming data platforms. • Hands-on experience with technologies such as Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, Apache Pulsar, or similar event-driven technologies. • Experience building high-volume, low-latency, resilient data pipelines in production environments. • Strong understanding of modern data engineering patterns, including batch, streaming and hybrid architectures. • Data Engineering & Databases • Extensive experience developing and operating enterprise-scale data platforms. • Strong SQL skills and experience designing data models for analytical and operational workloads. • Proficiency in Python or other modern programming languages used for data engineering. • Experience configuring, tuning and optimising relational and NoSQL databases. • Cloud & Software Engineering • Strong experience working with AWS cloud services, including EC2, RDS, Lambda, Athena, Glue, S3 and IAM. • Experience working within Agile delivery environments. • Strong understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing practices. • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and engineering automation. • Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles. • Experience using version control systems such as Git. • Regulated Environments • Experience delivering technology solutions within UK Public Sector, Utilities, Energy, Water, Financial Services or other highly regulated industries. • Understanding of security, governance and compliance considerations within regulated environments. • Experience with Terraform. • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. • Knowledge of Ansible and Packer. • Linux and Windows administration experience. • Experience supporting AI, machine learning or advanced analytics platforms. • Experience working on programmes requiring UK Government security clearance. • Strong technical leadership and problem-solving skills. • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience working in complex, regulated environments. • A collaborative approach and willingness to support and mentor others. • A focus on delivering practical solutions that create value for clients. • A passion for building reliable, scalable and secure data platforms. • Education • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. • Aker Systems Attributes • At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. • In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. • Equal Opportunities • Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.