JOB SUMMARY

About us
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways.
Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly.
Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements.
Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advance, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission. The team have been nominated three times in a row for ‘Best Public Sector Employer’ at the Women in Tech awards!

JOB DESCRIPTION

About the role
As a Junior Data Engineer you will help us design, implement, test and operate our data products, pipelines and services. We will help you to develop in the Data Engineering profession towards more senior roles.
You will have opportunities to contribute to a range of solution to satisfy our data user needs. The team will rely on your ability to query and transform data using both SQL (Postgres) and Python (Pandas, Apache Airflow). You will help building efficient data pipelines and creating services that expose the data through APIs.
The role follows the DDaT framework: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/data-engineer
About you

You will be

• a flexible problem solver with interest in data and digital technology
• a team player able to collaborate on solutions with other professions
• eager to learn more and share what they know with others

Main responsibilities

As a Junior Data Engineer, you will

• Implement, troubleshoot, and test data products and services using standard techniques and tools.
• Help building data solutions which are scalable, resilient, and future proof.
• Understand typical problems in databases, data processes, data products and services. You understand and can apply typical solutions to those problems.
• Implement, troubleshoot, and test pipelines, Web APIs, services, or scripts.
• Work in an Agile and cross-functional team

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

TYPE OF ROLE

Architecture and Data
Information Technology
Other

This role requires SC clearance. DBT’s requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer will be withdrawn. Checks will also be made against:

• departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
• UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
• your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
• security services record
• location detail