Data Engineer

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. Please click on the link for details., You will work in a team of Data Engineers, alongside Analytics Engineers, to bridge the gap between data producers and data users, developing analytical pipelines and self-service tools to acquire and transform data, making it available on our Analytical Platform. A summary of the type of work the teams are involved in can be found in our handbook., As a Senior Data Engineer your work might involve:

designing and building robust and scalable automated data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems

recognising opportunities to reuse and re-engineer data flows to enable scaling and repeatable use

designing and writing ETL (extract, transform, load) scripts and code to ensure the ETL process performs optimally

working with data users to understand and translate their needs into technical requirements

using a range of AWS services to deploy your solutions in a reproducible, sustainable manner

using infrastructure-as-code to deploy AWS cloud infrastructure

developing and optimising code, tools and services that enable people to use data effectively

You may also be expected to carry out the following day to day activities:

designing and maintaining technical documentation

creating and promoting best practices within the team and wider

responding to incident reports, ensuring relevant prioritisation and detail to allow for effective investigation

developing novel solutions to fit the needs of a range of stakeholders

supporting the Ministry of Justice's Analytical Platform users to use our data and tools

initiating team-building and development initiatives

line managing a more junior colleague

We welcome applications from anyone with the skills we consider make a good data engineer. You may not currently be in a data engineering role and that's ok. Many of our team members have a background in analysis, software engineering, data science, and more.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Essential

working in a technical team, preferably one that uses Python and SQL, as well as strong technical skills in these languages

understanding of the software development lifecycle, including testing (e.g. pytest), version control (e.g. git) and CI/CD (e.g. GitHub Actions)

working with a range of data sources

working with data, such as data wrangling, analysis or manipulation

communicating with stakeholders, and translating user needs into technical requirements

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance

London: £49,325 - £53,081 (which may include an allowance of up to £7440)

National: £42,914 - £46,182 (which may include an allowance of up to £9424), You'll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday.

Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work-life balance.

Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.

A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.

Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.