Senior Data Engineer

UK Home Office
Liverpool
1 month ago
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Senior Data Engineers lead the design and implementation of complex data flows, connecting operational systems to analytics platforms. In this role, you’ll work with the EUC&C community to identify data sources, engage with analysts and stakeholders, and build robust pipelines that align with business needs through collaboration with Product Owners.


The Senior Data Engineer collects, organise and study data to provide business insight. Collaborating with fellow members of the Data Engineering community to set the direction of the service technology and data architecture. The post holder will also mentor more junior members of the team – promoting challenge, collaborating and encouraging an agile approach to working.


The End User Compute and Collaboration (EUC&C) team develops and delivers a range of Microsoft 365 solutions, including Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power Platform, and Office applications. These tools support collaboration and productivity across the organisation.


This role is not suitable for part‑time working due to business requirements and the nature of the role – this is only available for full‑time.


Responsibilities

  • Analyse problems and experiment with possible solutions to find the underlying causes of issues or discrepancies, identify problems and assist in the development of innovative solutions.
  • Analyse and report on test activities and results, providing support to data engineers and stakeholders in addressing data analysis challenges.
  • Design and implement a data streaming service, including the development of new data models and ETL processes.
  • Apply concepts and principles of conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling and produce relevant and varied data models across multiple subject areas, providing guidance on how to use them.
  • Ensure the successful delivery of completed data loads for customers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists, troubleshooting where required.
  • Design, build and test data products and solutions that are complex or large scale, through full development, test and deployment life cycles.
  • Use industry‑standard ETL tools, data cleaning, network databases and scheduling and orchestration tools such as MSSQL, OneLake, MS Fabric workflows.
  • Leverage modern open‑source programming languages, such as Python and PowerShell, to develop and deliver high‑quality data development and engineering solutions.
  • Utilise Cloud Data technologies and solutions while shaping future cloud data strategies, with experience in Azure and M365 platforms.
  • Effectively manage and communicate with non‑technical and senior stakeholders about performance and analysis.
  • Understand API Design Principles: Familiarity with REST, GraphQL and GraphAPI, including best practices for endpoint creation, data serialisation and verification.

What you will bring

  • Deliver projects in data analysis, solution design and end‑user reporting.
  • Program and automate in Power Bi, Azure Automation, Azure Data Factory, Azure.
  • Use dev‑ops tools and orchestration workflows.
  • Leverage modern open‑source programming languages.
  • Utilise Cloud Data technologies and platforms.
  • Communicate with non‑technical and senior stakeholders.
  • Understand API Design Principles.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level


Employment type

Full‑time


Job function

Information Technology, Strategy/Planning, and Engineering


Industries

Government Administration


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