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At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting edge defence technology to groundbreaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as an Associate Data Engineer at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.\nThe Role\nAs an Associate Data Engineer, you will further design, build and operate our secure, open, and extensible data fabric capability for Defence and National Security customers.\nDay-to-day, you will create a shared “paved road” that lets teams integrate, govern, and consume data products both safely and quickly across batch, streaming and analyst-driven workflows. This includes enabling workflow automation and configurable data integration with resilient operation in Denied, Degraded, Intermittent and Limited (DDIL) communications environments supporting edge deployments.\nYour responsibilities will include:\nDesigning, implementing, and evolving the event-driven data fabric architecture that enables automation and downstream AI-based systems: ingestion, integration, storage, processing, metadata, governance, and access patterns aligned to customer outcomes and security constraints\nSupporting with building and operating workflow automation capabilities that enable repeatable, governed analyst workflows (reusable patterns, configuration-driven behaviours, and safe promotion across environments)\nDelivering configurable data integration through curated connectors and standard patterns for transformation, routing, enrichment and correlation with clear contract and operational guardrails\nEngineering for DDIL and edge deployments: Design Patterns for constrained connectivity, supporting appropriate local processing at edge and implementing secure configuration distribution\nBuilding streaming ingestion, event pipelines, batch/stream processing workloads using both distributed event streaming technologies and Apache Flink and/or Apache Spark with clear SLA’s and repeatable deployment\nImplementing metadata, lineage and catalogue capabilities and implementing policy-based security and governance\nEssential experience of the Associate Data Engineer:\nPrevious experience as a data/platform engineer working on distributed systems in production\nProven hands-on experience with open-source data integration and streaming technologies and delivering configurable integration patterns (connectors, reusable components, rules, and orchestration)\nPrevious experience enabling workflow automation for technical users\nA strong grasp of data modelling fundamentals, data contracts and schema evolution\nExperience designing for reliability, scalability, and operability: monitoring, alerting, deployment automation, incident handling, and performance tuning\nA practical security mindset: least privilege, auditability and designing controls that do not restrict usability\nEssential qualifications for the Associate Data Engineer:\nWe value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.\nThis role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site. Hybrid working patterns are available.\nFarnborough\nAt our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.\nWhy Join QinetiQ?\nAs we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.\nAs a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. 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