Platform Engineer

Job description

Senior Data Platform Engineer – Elastic Stack / Apache NiFi | Defence | Bristol

Inside IR35 | On-site

We're supporting a major defence technology programme looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join a secure enterprise platform team.

This role is focused on building and maintaining secure, scalable data pipelines rather than traditional analytics or reporting. You'll work with technologies including Apache NiFi and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash & Kibana) to deliver resilient data integration platforms supporting mission-critical environments.

You'll be involved in:

• Designing and maintaining enterprise data pipelines
• Building secure data ingestion and transformation workflows
• Developing Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana solutions
• Monitoring and optimising high-volume data platforms
• Performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Disaster Recovery and platform resilience
• Working closely with architects and security teams within a highly regulated environment

Experience we're looking for:

• Apache NiFi
• Elasticsearch / Logstash / Kibana (ELK)
• Data Pipelines / Data Integration
• Linux
• Python, Bash or similar scripting
• SQL
• Enterprise data platforms or observability solutions
• Experience within secure or highly regulated environments would be advantageous

Bristol (Hybrid)

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

If you'd like to find out more, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Greater Bristol Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

01-08-2026

Profession type

ICT

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English