Location: Worcester Duration: 6 month initial contractRate: 78ph LTD (Outside IR35)Security: Active DV clearance Role details: Our client, a leading organisation in the Defence and Security sector, is currently seeking a Data Systems Engineer to join their team in Worcester for a fully onsite, contract position. This role requires an active UK DV Clearance and offers the opportunity to work on critical data systems within highly secure environments.Key Responsibilities:Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable data pipelines using the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and Apache NiFiImplement data ingestion, transformation, and integration processes, ensuring data quality and securityCollaborate with data architects and security teams to ensure compliance with security policies and data governance standardsManage and monitor large-scale data flows in real-time, ensuring system performance, reliability, and data integrityDevelop robust data models to support analytics and reporting within secure environmentsPerform troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning of data pipelines and the Elastic StackBuild dashboards and visualisations in Kibana to enable data-driven decision-makingEnsure high availability and disaster recovery for data systems, implementing appropriate backup and replication strategiesDocument data architecture, workflows, and security protocols to ensure smooth operational handover and audit readiness.What we are looking for in ..... full job details .....