Senior Data Engineer

Surrey and Sussex Police
Guildford
1 day ago
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From your first day with us you will be part of a policing family making a real difference.


It is our mission to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe.


This role has a current reviewable Market Allowance of between 7-15k, dependent on skill, in addition to the relevant salary range: Surrey Police £38,064 - £45,058 / Sussex Police £41,487 - £45,765


Surrey and Sussex Police have a flexible working policy which we are happy to discuss.


We operate a hybrid working model, with office days at either our Surrey HQ in Guildford or our Sussex HQ in Lewes, depending on where you are based.


Make data matter where it matters most.

Join a policing organisation committed to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe. As a Senior Data Engineer, your work will power critical decisions by delivering trusted, high-quality data.


We’re transforming our cloud and data platforms and are looking for experienced data engineers to help shape the future of our data capability in Microsoft Fabric using modern architectures.


What You’ll Do

  • Lead the modernisation of our data warehouse and implement Lakehouse architectures.
  • Design, build, and optimise a secure, scalable cloud data platform.
  • Architect and optimise high-performance, scalable data pipelines leveraging SQL, Python and Fabric Data Factory within the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, analysts, and data scientists to deliver impactful data products.
  • Act as a technical leader—mentoring data engineers, driving best practices, and improving platform performance.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, root cause analysis and performance optimisation of legacy data issues.

Skills and Experience
What You’ll Bring

  • Strong experience delivering cloud data solutions (Microsoft Fabric or Azure preferred) with experience in other cloud data platforms also welcomed (e.g. AWS, Snowflake, Databricks).
  • Hands‑on expertise with Data Factory (Fabric or Azure), notebooks (Python, PySpark), advanced SQL, and strong data modelling and performance optimisation skills. Experience with other cloud data engineering and transformation tools is also welcomed, (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark)
  • Proven track record building scalable data pipelines and implementing modern architectures such as Medallion.
  • Experience with CI/CD, Git, Azure DevOps, and API‑based integrations.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Contribute to data engineering technical documentation, standards, best practices, and continuous improvement.
  • A proactive, solution‑focused mindset with leadership capability.

Nice to have

Experience with legacy technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server, SSIS, SAP Data Services, T‑SQL or PL/SQL.


If you enjoy solving complex challenges, influencing technical direction and seeing the real‑world impact of your work, this is your opportunity to build something that truly matters.


Important - this role requires Management Vetting requiring 5 years continuous residency in the UK. Additionally you will need to be a UK Citizen or have either indefinite leave to remain or permanent settled status. We cannot offer sponsored or accept spousal visas and any applications that do not meet these requirements will be rejected.
Why Work With Us?

Policing is an exciting 24/7 business and we all have commitments outside work. We’re invested in supporting people to balance their life with work and we encourage flexible working. We are open to conversations about job shares and part time working. We encourage agile working, giving you the opportunity to manage your own diary and work wherever you give the best service to the public. This may include flexi‑time and home working.


We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;



  • career progression
  • contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
  • generous annual leave allowance
  • discounts for everyday spend
  • on‑site gyms and a range of sports clubs
  • generous and supportive parental leave
  • financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
  • discounted contributory healthcare scheme

Please use the following links for more information on the benefits of working with Surrey Police or Sussex Police.


Further Information

For more details about this role please contact Carole Jowett, Data Engineering Team Lead via Carole. .


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