Solution Data Engineer

at  UK Health Security Agency

JOB SUMMARY

We are looking for a Solution Data Engineer to work within the Data Engineering and Enablement team which is part of the Digital and Data Directorate.
It’s an exciting time to join as we seek to create leading Health Protection data capabilities that enable data scientists and data analysts to develop insights that inform public health decisions with resilience platforms and curated data assets.
The role as a Solution Data Engineer, you will be responsible for design on how data is collated, managed, and used within the organisation, to support in identifying opportunities and to optimise data practice. This role will also require the ongoing management of documentation related to systems delivered by Data Engineering & Enablement.
You will be involved in the delivery life cycle from engaging with stakeholders on new initiatives, analysing use cases, developing optimal solutions and designs, that where possible, re-use and extend capabilities, and implement an optimal design.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Work closely with Architecture and Standards to lead the design and maintenance of scalable and reliable infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and continuous optimisation.
• Prepare and deliver the detail solution for Data Engineering based on the architectural designs.
• Serve as a technical leader, leading and guiding teams through the implementation of AWS solutions. Provide mentorship and knowledge transfer to team members.
• Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including time and scope involved.
• Lead in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other members of the team.
• Analyse current technologies used within the Digital and Data Directorate develop steps and processes to improve.
• Account for possible project challenges or constraints and proactively seek to manage challenges.
• Serve as a technical leader, guiding teams through the implementation of solutions. Provide mentorship and knowledge transfer to team members.
• Implement security best practices, including access control and threat detection, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to non-technical stakeholders.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential criteria - you will be assessed on the below (12) essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description

• Significant experience as a Solution or Data Engineer, with hands-on experience in both routine business operations and projects addressing data processing and advanced analytic challenges.
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management.
• Knowledge of designing / building cloud native software on a platform such as AWS.
• Extensive knowledge/experience at an enterprise scale, significant experience of data management platforms and development with SQL Server.
• Experience with data security principles and systems designed to protect sensitive data.
• Desire to create and maintain solution designs in an iterative and collaborative manner.
• Ability to think strategically about business, product and technical challenges.
• Excellent technical skills with the experience to be held accountable for technical aspects of delivering complex solutions, including end-to-end solution design, delivery governance, assurance and support for Engineers and Heads of Data Engineering.
• Great interpersonal skills allowing you to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve numerical and technical problems.
• High attention to detail.
• You are able to drive discussions with senior leaders as well as having the technical background that will enable you to easily interact and give guidance to engineers and end users.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,416, UK Health Security Agency contributes £15,764 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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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) (opens in a new window)
• 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

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