Data Engineer

Posted Friday 19 September 2025 at 00:00

Great ideas come from different minds. That's why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background - and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most.

And as the challenges evolve, so do we - working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.

National Security Business
Be part of a growing and highly trusted supplier into the NS domain delivering mission critical solutions helping to keep the nation safe, secure and prosperous.

Working on leading edge technology solutions including AI/DS, Cyber, Cloud, DevOPs/SRE, Platform Engineering.

We have secured long term work, across the full spectrum, on the latest framework with the client, which provides the springboard for our ongoing growth and development in this domain, so join us on what will be an incredible growth journey.

Role
As a Data Engineer, you'll be actively involved in development of mission critical technical solutions that focus on data services for our National Security customers.

You will work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.

As our next Data Engineer, you'll be managing and developing data pipelines that transform raw data into valuable insights for Roke's National Security customers, enabling downstream analytics and reporting. You'll be working with diverse data sources (batch, streaming, real-time and unstructured), applying distributed compute techniques to handle large datasets.

You will be responsible for

• Data pipeline development - Data ingestion and pipeline orchestration design and tooling.
• Data integration - Integrating and enriching data from various sources, ensuring data consistency and quality.
• ETL processing design and coding - Extract transform and load processing such as NiFi.
• Create code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse
• Maintain and develop existing architectural components including Data Ingest and Data Stores
• Work as part of an operational team investigating and diagnosing problems identified with integrated (enriched) data.
• Explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user
• Data security - Implementing data security measures to protect sensitive information.
• Be able to help the scrum team decompose user requests and key results into epics and stories.
• Writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach
• Monitor and maintain - Monitor data systems for performance issues and make any necessary updates.

Required Skills

• SQL and noSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• ETL processing languages such as Groovy, Python or Java.

Built on over a 60 year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act - through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe - that's our mission, passion, and motivation.

Where you'll work

Manchester - You'll find our Manchester site located in the heart of the City; Europe's fastest growing tech hub. You'll become a key part of Roke's growing local tech community as we support the Government levelling up agenda. There is easy, local access to our client community with great transport links and nearby local parking.

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance.

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.