Principal IT Data Systems Engineer
QinetiQ
Overview
As Principal IT Data Systems Engineer, you provide technical leadership in Digital Engineering, focusing on IT data systems integration and AI-enabled solutions. You will partner with Project Management and act as a Product Owner to align technical delivery with business objectives. You’ll guide multidisciplinary teams across Waterfall and Agile projects, delivering high-quality IT, data management, and AI outputs. This role offers the chance to shape sophisticated digital engineering programs within a mission-driven defence tech company.
Pay / Benefits- matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- generous holiday allowance with optional extra days
- Health Cash Plan
- Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
- Employee discount portal
- volunteering opportunities
- Lead technical delivery across Waterfall and Agile projects, assigning work to engineers and supporting solution development
- Ensure timely, cost-effective, and quality-compliant delivery of technical outputs
- Maintain consistent engineering processes, tools, and governance adherence
- Translate customer/system requirements into technical solutions, Agile features and user stories
- Identify and manage technical risks, provide leadership, and coordinate teams and contractor contributions
- Drive innovative digital engineering solutions spanning IT systems, data management, and AI applications while meeting requirements and governance
- IT systems integration experience
- data management experience
- cloud computing environments
- AI technologies in complex solutions
- systems engineering principles
- knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies
- proven IT and digital engineering project delivery
- leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- strong technical decision-making and governance/compliance understanding
- leadership
- stakeholder engagement
- communication
- IT systems integration
- data management
- cloud computing
Reference: WJ-747_30168569