# Lead Data Engineer

UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: YesRELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeLead Data Engineer Salary: £60,000 - £86,000 What’s your possible? At Northrop Grumman UK, you are part of a team driving innovation where it matters most - solving tomorrow’s challenges and shaping the technology solutions of the future. It’s what we call Defining Possible. This mind-set goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within our communities. The Opportunity This is more than just a job; it’s a mission. As a Lead Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining the data-driven infrastructure that powers our services. You’ll work across exciting, complex and meaningful projects in a unique mission space, helping to deliver solutions that have real-world impact. You will also bring strong leadership, guiding your team through both technical and delivery challenges to support customer requirements and programme goals. “My purpose is to lead a team of engineers, rise to the challenges presented, push the boundaries and define possible together

- **Id**: 3868526
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/northrop-grumman-lead-data-engineer>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T13:19:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T23:46:50Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3858
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Hybrid work, Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Satellite Manufacturing, C4ISR, Space Defense

## Company

- **Id**: 12494
- **Name**: Northrop Grumman
- **Domain**: northropgrumman.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/northropgrumman>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 539
- **Ghost share**: 0.006
- **Stale share**: 0.718
- **Repost share**: 0.026
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 60000
- **Max**: 86000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 115858

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **ElasticSearch** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Scrum** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T13:19:48Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 115858
- **Is top pay**: no

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