Naimuri, part of QinetiQ, is hiring an Associate Data Fabric Engineer. You will design, build, and operate our secure, open, and extensible data fabric capability for Defence and National Security customers. Your day-to-day work will involve creating a shared 'paved road' that enables teams to integrate, govern, and consume data products safely and efficiently across batch, streaming, and analyst-driven workflows.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and evolve event-driven data fabric architecture for automation and downstream AI systems, covering ingestion, integration, storage, processing, metadata, governance, and secure access patterns.
- Support building and operating workflow automation capabilities that enable repeatable, governed analyst workflows, including reusable patterns and safe promotion across environments.
- Deliver configurable data integration through curated connectors and standard patterns for transformation, routing, enrichment, and correlation with clear contracts and operational guardrails.
- Engineer for DDIL and edge deployments, designing patterns for constrained connectivity, supporting local processing at the edge, and implementing secure configuration distribution.
- Build streaming ingestion, event pipelines, and batch/stream processing workloads using distributed event streaming technologies and Apache Flink and/or Apache Spark with clear SLAs and repeatable deployment.
- Implement metadata, lineage, catalogue capabilities, and policy-based security and governance.
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience as a data or platform engineer working on distributed systems in production.
- Proven hands-on experience with open-source data integration and streaming technologies, delivering configurable integration patterns (connectors, reusable components, rules, orchestration).
- Previous experience enabling workflow automation for technical users.
- A strong grasp of data modelling fundamentals, data contracts, and schema evolution.
- Experience designing for reliability, scalability, and operability: monitoring, alerting, deployment automation, incident handling, and performance tuning.
- A practical security mindset focused on least privilege, auditability, and designing controls that do not restrict usability.
Technical Stack
- Apache Flink
- Apache Spark
- Distributed event streaming technologies
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive Salary + Benefits
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
- Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
- Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Farnborough.
We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education. We offer a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly. Our culture is a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential.
