Senior Data Engineer

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The Digital team have a fantastic new opportunity for someone who is passionate about using data to improve outcomes for cancer patients.

The Trust has launched a new Research Strategy and has invested in a position to support with harnessing data to support research. As well as fulfilling the technical elements of the role, there is a need for strong collaboration alongside clinical research and academic partners across the region so would suit someone who is used to dealing with multiple stakeholders.

The Senior Data Engineer will lead the development and ongoing maintenance of technologies that facilitate researchers' safe and secure access to health datasets for the Trust. This is a critical role supporting both operational excellence andresearch innovation, enabling the organisation to harnessdata effectively to improve patient outcomes and meetregulatory obligations.

The post will involve working onsite at one of our various hospital premises for a minimum three days a week., The Senior Data Engineer will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining modern data infrastructure to support the analytical and reporting needs of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. This role will focus heavily on the Microsoft BI stack, with particular emphasis on Azure Fabric, to build and manage a scalable, secure, and high performing data warehouse within a Secure Data Environment (SDE).The Trust has invested in Microsoft Azure platform with an ambition to provide a highly functional research facility and therefore a significant component of the role involvescontributing to the design and delivery of a Trusted Research Environment (TRE). This will require a strong understanding of secure data access frameworks, governance andcompliance, with particular attention to the handling ofsensitive healthcare related data and the complexities thisinvolves.The role holder will be expected to champion best practices indata engineering, including CI/CD, version control,
testing, and documentation. They will also collaborate with Research& Innovation, academic institutes, pharmaceutical companies,data analysts, BI developers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data strategy, and governance.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.