Design and develop scalable cloud-native data platforms, batch and streaming pipelines, data lakes, and ETL/ELT solutions. Support analytics and AI/ML workloads while implementing DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and reliable data services. Collaborate with clients, architects, engineers, and consultants to solve complex data challenges across defence, government, and national security environments. The role requires strong Python, SQL, Spark, AWS, containerization, and distributed data processing expertise, plus current high-level security clearance and up to 80% onsite work.