Senior Data Engineer

NHS Jobs; Windsor; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Data Engineer - Connected Care at NHS Jobs leads the enterprise data platform and integration services, delivering scalable data pipelines and reliable analytics capabilities. This role combines hands-on delivery with technical leadership across data engineering, cloud platforms, and DevOps best practices.

You will mentor data engineers, drive architectural standards, and communicate complex designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders while ensuring secure, compliant data

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable, secure and reliable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, population health and emerging AI use cases.
• Leading technical delivery of data engineering and integration workstreams, allocating tasks and providing day-to-day guidance to data engineers.
• Supporting the operation, optimisation and continuous improvement of the cloud data platform and associated services.
• Applying best practice in data engineering, automation, DevOps and platform operations.
• Contributing to the development and adoption of technical standards, patterns and documentation across the data engineering function.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement by explaining technical designs, risks and issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Deputising for the Head of Data Engineering on technical matters where required.

Job description

The Senior Data Engineer - Connected Care will provide technical leadership and hands-on delivery across the enterprise data platform and integration services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable, secure and reliable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, population health and emerging AI use cases.
• Leading technical delivery of data engineering and integration workstreams, allocating tasks and providing day-to-day guidance to data engineers.
• Supporting the operation, optimisation and continuous improvement of the cloud data platform and associated services.
• Applying best practice in data engineering, automation, DevOps and platform operations.
• Contributing to the development and adoption of technical standards, patterns and documentation across the data engineering function.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement by explaining technical designs, risks and issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Deputising for the Head of Data Engineering on technical matters where required.